3. Which emotion might Daru have been feeling as he looked out over the deserted land beyond the plateau?
(a) Hopeful
(b) Cheerful
(c) Forlorn
(d) Relieved

4. Chaotic landscape is to nomads as low plains is to:
(a) Police
(b) Schoolhouse
(c) Violence
(d) Daru

5. Which of the following is the opposite of the protagonist?
(a) Allegory
(b) Hyperbole
(c) Oxymoron
(d) Antagonist

6. Election is to president as choice is to:
(a) Arab
(b) Police
(c) Daru
(d) Balducci

7. Which character stares out the window at a starless sky?
(a) Students
(b) Balducci
(c) Daru
(d) Arab

8. Which of the following would be a synonym for violent?
(a) Disturbed
(b) Mild
(c) Restful
(d) Passive

9. Which of the following would not be an accurate description of Daru's lifestyle?
(a) Thoughtful
(b) Unschooled
(c) Scholarly
(d) Lonely

10. Which of the following words has a suffix?
(a) Message
(b) Unable
(c) Threatening
(d) Chalkboard

11. The imagery of throwing pebbles in the snow reminds the reader of which story element?
(a) Characters
(b) Events
(c) Setting
(d) Plot

12. How does Daru feel about the journey in the morning?
(a) Happy
(b) Relieved
(c) Hesitation
(d) Angry

13. Which of the following words has both a prefix and a suffix?
(a) Threatening
(b) Disobeyed
(c) Chalkboard
(d) Message

14. What could be said is used by the author to represent the anxiousness of Daru?
(a) Protagonism
(b) Personification
(c) False foreshawdowing
(d) Irony

15. What do both the reader and Daru discover is happening during the long, lonely, sleepless night?
(a) War battles are building
(b) Bonding between Daru and the Arab
(c) Nothing
(d) Natural events