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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daru hope the Arab is doing in the middle of the night?
(a) Going to the police headquarters
(b) Making food
(c) Going to the restroom
(d) Running away

2. Who is considered the protagonist of this story?
(a) El Ameur
(b) Balducci
(c) Daru
(d) Arab

3. How long did the drought last before the blizzard began?
(a) 10 months
(b) 9 months
(c) 7 months
(d) 8 months

4. Where in that city is the Arab to be taken?
(a) His cousins
(b) Police headquarters
(c) Another schoolhouse
(d) A family's home

5. What does Daru see as he looks out over the two different directions?
(a) Sky on the horizons
(b) The Arab
(c) Nomads
(d) People

6. Which character is a gendarme for the French National Police?
(a) Schoolmaster
(b) Balducci
(c) Daru
(d) Arab

7. Who would be waiting for the Arab in the south?
(a) Family
(b) Balducci
(c) Nomads
(d) Police

8. What does the Arab do in the middle of the night?
(a) Gets up and makes food
(b) Runs away
(c) Gets up and goes to the shed
(d) Gets up and takes the gun

9. What does Daru feel when the Arab coughs behind him?
(a) Peace
(b) Weariness
(c) Fury
(d) Relief

10. What is still displayed on the chalkboard in the classroom?
(a) Picture of 4 rivers of Spain
(b) Picture of the continents
(c) Picture of the 4 rivers of France
(d) Picture of the countryside

11. What does Daru see on the blackboard in the classroom?
(a) A threat
(b) Just his drawings of the French rivers
(c) The paperwork from Balducci
(d) Nothing it is empty

12. How many pupils does Daru have?
(a) 15
(b) 30
(c) 20
(d) 10

13. What is the name of the village nearest the schoolhouse?
(a) Tadjad
(b) El Ameur
(c) Desert Plateau
(d) Gendarme

14. In what geographical region is the schoolhouse located?
(a) Desert
(b) Mountains
(c) Plains
(d) River Valley

15. What does Daru collect for the journey they will be taking?
(a) Candles
(b) Food
(c) Clothing
(d) Guns

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Daru ask the Arab before bed?

2. What does Daru not want to do?

3. What lies in the southern direction when the plateau slopes?

4. What does Daru do while the Arab washes up?

5. How many students are still in Daru's classroom as the two men approach?

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