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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why prevents the Arab from taking the tea from Daru at first?
(a) His bound hands
(b) He does not like tea
(c) He refuses the tea
(d) His fever

2. What season does the story take place?
(a) Winter
(b) Spring
(c) Fall
(d) Summer

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

4. How are two men who are coming to visit the schoolhouse traveling?
(a) One by horse, one by foot
(b) Both by foot
(c) Both by horse
(d) Both using camels

5. What does the Arab do with the things Daru offers him?
(a) Refuses them
(b) Gives them back to Daru
(c) Drops them
(d) Takes them

6. Which of the following did not occur during the drought?
(a) Sheep died by the thousands
(b) Men died
(c) Wheat supplies did not reach the school
(d) Earth was scorched

7. How far of a walk would it be to reach the Nomads?
(a) 1 day
(b) 2 day
(c) 1 hour
(d) 2 hours

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

9. How far is it from the schoolhouse to Tinguit?
(a) 15 kilometers
(b) 10 kilometers
(c) 20 kilometers
(d) 3 kilometers

10. Which of the following is not something Daru has in the schoolhouse?
(a) Painted shelves
(b) Well
(c) Weekly supply of water and food
(d) Small couch

11. How far is it from El Ameur to the schoolhouse?
(a) 4 kilometers
(b) 3 kilometers
(c) 5 kilometers
(d) 2 kilometers

12. How long did Balducci tell Daru it took him and the Arab to make the trek to the schoolhouse in the snow?
(a) 1 1/2 hours
(b) 1/2 an hour
(c) 1 hour
(d) 2 hours

13. What does Balducci want Daru to sign?
(a) A paper promising to take the prisoner to Tinguit
(b) The deed to the schoolhouse
(c) A paper stating that he left a prisoner with Daru
(d) A promisory note for the deed to the schoolhouse

14. Daru offers the Arab how much money?
(a) 100 francs
(b) 200 francs
(c) 2,000 francs
(d) 1,000 francs

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What surrounds Daru where he is now?

3. What food does Daru make for the Arab?

4. How far of a walk is it to Tinguit?

5. Who is considered the protagonist of this story?

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