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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Daru do while the Arab washes up?
2. What is the schoolmaster watching out the schoolhouse window?
3. What does Daru tell the Arab to do in his own language?
4. What does the Arab ask Daru if he is?
5. Why prevents the Arab from taking the tea from Daru at first?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Daru give to the students of the poor families when they come to the school?
2. When Daru sits on his bed and looks into the Arab's face what does he see?
3. How does the reader conclude that Daru is held responsible for the final result?
4. Describe how the character Balducci looks.
5. When do Daru and the Arab seem to be experiencing the same emotion?
6. What will happen if the Arab chooses the nomads?
7. What does Daru explain will happen if the Arab chooses the southern route?
8. How is isolation portrayed by the character Daru?
9. Why does Daru leave the decision as to his fate in the Arab's own hands?
10. Where is the final decision left as to the Arab's fate left?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Daru is faced with a decision in this story. Discuss this decision and how you would respond given the same set of circumstances. Use information from the story to support why you would make the choices you discuss.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss what symbolism the author may use in this story. Include specific examples from the story to support your conclusions as related to symbolism.
Essay Topic 3
Daru asks if the prisoner speaks French and is told he does not. Imagine that Daru was unable to speak Arabic. How could the two characters communicate throughout the remainder of the story? Describe how they would communicate and how specific events of the story might be different if Daru could not communicate through language with the Arab.
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