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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daru hope the Arab is doing in the middle of the night?
(a) Going to the restroom
(b) Going to the police headquarters
(c) Making food
(d) Running away

2. What does Daru think he hears around the schoolhouse during the night?
(a) Footsteps
(b) Water running
(c) Animals
(d) Voices

3. Which of the following did not occur during the drought?
(a) Wheat supplies did not reach the school
(b) Earth was scorched
(c) Men died
(d) Sheep died by the thousands

4. What does Balducci give Daru before he leaves?
(a) Supplies
(b) A horse
(c) Restraints
(d) An extra gun

5. What is the name of the village nearest the schoolhouse?
(a) Desert Plateau
(b) Tadjad
(c) Gendarme
(d) El Ameur

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like when the two men wake up in the morning?

2. How far of a walk would it be to reach the Nomads?

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

4. How far of a walk is it to Tinguit?

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

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