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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 Daru hold out for the Arab?
(a) Package of clothes
(b) The paperwork Balducci gave him
(c) Package of food
(d) Guns

2. Who is considered the protagonist of this story?
(a) Daru
(b) Balducci
(c) Arab
(d) El Ameur

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

4. Which direction does Daru head?
(a) Toward Tinguit
(b) Back to the schoolhouse
(c) He stays at the plateau
(d) Toward the Nomads

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What crime has the Arab committed?

2. What does Daru tell the Arab to do in his own language?

3. What does the Arab ask Daru if he is?

4. Which of the following is not something Daru has in the schoolhouse?

5. What is the name of the village nearest the schoolhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of imagery is prevalent throughout the story?

2. What literary term describes how Daru feels caught between considering the Arab's crimes and his humanity?

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

4. What type of story could this be considered?

5. Why does Daru leave the decision as to his fate in the Arab's own hands?

6. Who is held ultimately responsible for the final result?

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

8. Describe how the character the Arab looks.

9. What suggestion does Balducci make to Daru?

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

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