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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weather event has just occurred at the beginning of the story?
(a) A three-year flood
(b) A three-year drought
(c) A three-day blizzard
(d) A three-day rainstorm

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

3. What does Daru make for his visitors?
(a) Heated porridge
(b) Tea
(c) A meal
(d) Coffee

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

5. Where did Daru request to be stationed after the war?
(a) With many other people
(b) In the village
(c) The base of the foothills
(d) Post in the furtherest north post

6. How long did people hide the Arab?
(a) One year
(b) One day
(c) One week
(d) One month

7. As Balducci prepares to leave, what does he want to do that Daru tells him not to bother doing?
(a) Tying the Arab's hands
(b) Cleaning up the mess
(c) Handcuffing the Arab
(d) Making more tea

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

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

10. What does Daru find as he finds his way back to the schoolhouse after hearing sounds?
(a) Balducci
(b) Arab's family
(c) Nothing
(d) Animals

11. What does Daru do after they finish eating?
(a) Reads to the Arab
(b) Takes the Arab's temperature
(c) Makes more tea for the Arab
(d) Makes a bed for the Arab

12. How does Daru feel after reading the message on the blackboard?
(a) Relieved
(b) Weary
(c) Angry
(d) Alone

13. What is the schoolmaster watching out the schoolhouse window?
(a) A blizzard
(b) Two men approaching the school
(c) One man approaching the school
(d) A horse making its way up the hillside

14. What does Daru not want to do?
(a) Continue as teacher at the schoolhouse
(b) Talk to the Arab
(c) Turn the Arab into the police
(d) Walk in the snow

15. What lies in the southern direction when the plateau slopes?
(a) Low plain with a few trees
(b) The schoolhouse
(c) Outcropping of rocks and a chaotic looking landscape
(d) Tinguit itself

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Daru think of as he looks out over the deserted land beyond the plateau?

2. What is the weather like when the two men wake up in the morning?

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

4. In what month does this story begin?

5. Which of the following did not occur during the drought?

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