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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daru do when he has trouble sleeping?
(a) Stares out the window
(b) Reads a book
(c) Lies on his couch and stares at the Arab
(d) Sits outside and looks at the stars

2. To what city is the Arab to be taken?
(a) Tinguit
(b) El Ameur
(c) Tadjad
(d) Schoolhouse

3. Where does Daru show the Arab after breakfast?
(a) The horses
(b) The classroom
(c) Out the door
(d) The shed

4. This story contains symbolism. A story which has symbolism can be referred to as which of the following?
(a) Allegory
(b) Simile
(c) Metaphor
(d) Allusion

5. Which of the following means the opposite of what is normally expected?
(a) Irony
(b) Symbolism
(c) Allegory
(d) Hyperbole

Short Answer Questions

1. What do both the reader and Daru discover is happening during the long, lonely, sleepless night?

2. Chaotic landscape is to nomads as low plains is to:

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

4. How are two men who are coming to visit the schoolhouse traveling?

5. What does Daru throw into the snow and watch sink?

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