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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Daru feel about the Arab's crimes?
(a) Relief
(b) Fear
(c) Revolsion
(d) Weariness

2. When Daru looks back at the Arab the first time, what does he see?
(a) The Arab standing still
(b) The Arab walking toward the Nomads
(c) Nothing
(d) The Arab walking toward Tinguit

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

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

5. What did Daru tell Balducci he would deny?
(a) That Balducci said there would be a revolt
(b) That Balducci was ever at the schoolhouse
(c) That the prisoner was restrained
(d) That the prisoner was ever left with him

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daru think he hears around the schoolhouse during the night?

2. What does Daru put in his pocket before he goes into the next room?

3. What does Daru do after he leaves the Arab and walks into the next room?

4. Why prevents the Arab from taking the tea from Daru at first?

5. In what month does this story begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Daru tell Balducci not to bother restraining the Arab?

2. How does the reader conclude that Daru is held responsible for the final result?

3. What kind of element does the continued isolation imagery invoked in the story?

4. What does Daru do when the Arab begins to speak after he has offered him two choices?

5. What imagery reminds the readers of the setting?

6. Why does Daru hope the Arab had fled the schoolhouse?

7. What does Balducci tell Daru that surprises him?

8. Describe the setting near the schoolhouse.

9. When do Daru and the Arab seem to be experiencing the same emotion?

10. What suggestion does Balducci make to Daru?

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