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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Daru put the gun when he is cooking?
(a) In his pocket
(b) In his desk in the classroom
(c) Next to him on the counter
(d) Under his bed

3. Who is expected to take the Arab to these destinations?
(a) El Ameur
(b) Balducci
(c) Daru
(d) He is to travel alone

4. What does Daru do after he leaves the Arab and walks into the next room?
(a) Leaves the schoolhouse
(b) Builds a fire
(c) Makes more tea
(d) Lies on the couch

5. How far of a walk would it be to reach the Nomads?
(a) 1 hour
(b) 2 day
(c) 2 hours
(d) 1 day

6. How does Daru feel after reading the message on the blackboard?
(a) Alone
(b) Weary
(c) Angry
(d) Relieved

7. What does the Arab say his cousin did?
(a) Left him behind
(b) Ran away
(c) Hurt him
(d) Attacked his wife

8. What did Daru tell Balducci he would deny?
(a) That the prisoner was ever left with him
(b) That Balducci was ever at the schoolhouse
(c) That Balducci said there would be a revolt
(d) That the prisoner was restrained

9. Who would be waiting for the Arab in the East?
(a) Family
(b) Police
(c) Nomads
(d) Balducci

10. Why does Daru say that he is not worried about the enemy attacking the school house?
(a) He has a shotgun
(b) The schoolhouse is far from the villages
(c) They won't attack a teacher
(d) He can see them coming

11. What position does Daru hold?
(a) Farmer
(b) Student
(c) Schoolmaster
(d) Policeman

12. Which direction is it to Tinguit?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) West
(d) East

13. 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 takes the gun
(d) Gets up and makes food

14. What is there talk of in the area, which requires Balducci to return right away?
(a) An attack on the schoolhouse
(b) A revolt
(c) A murder
(d) A new blizzard

15. What lies in the eastern direction when the plateau slopes?
(a) Tinguit itself
(b) Low plain with a few trees
(c) Outcropping of rocks and a chaotic looking landscape
(d) The schoolhouse

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Balducci give Daru before he leaves?

2. What awes Daru as he rests with the Arab?

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

4. What does Daru put in his pocket before he goes into the next room?

5. Which direction does Daru head?

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