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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Arab say his cousin did?

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

3. What does Daru make for his visitors?

4. Which direction does Daru head?

5. What does Daru tell the Arab when he wakes him up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Daru explain will happen if the Arab chooses the southern route?

2. Why does Daru feel heavy hearted as he looks back at the Arab on his way back to the schoolhouse?

3. Why does Balducci warn Daru to keep his gun close?

4. What does Daru give to the students of the poor families when they come to the school?

5. Describe what the author falsely foreshadows during the sleepless night the two men spend together.

6. What will happen if the Arab chooses the nomads?

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

8. How can Daru tell that one of the two men approaching the schoolhouse knows the region well?

9. What imagery reminds the readers of the setting?

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

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