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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is considered the protagonist of this story?
(a) Daru
(b) Balducci
(c) El Ameur
(d) Arab
2. How does Daru feel about the Arab's crimes?
(a) Relief
(b) Fear
(c) Revolsion
(d) Weariness
3. Who is expected to take the Arab to these destinations?
(a) He is to travel alone
(b) Daru
(c) El Ameur
(d) Balducci
4. What does Daru not want to do?
(a) Turn the Arab into the police
(b) Talk to the Arab
(c) Continue as teacher at the schoolhouse
(d) Walk in the snow
5. What does Daru tell the Arab to do in his own language?
(a) Leave
(b) Wait
(c) Stay
(d) Go
6. What does Daru see on the blackboard in the classroom?
(a) Nothing it is empty
(b) A threat
(c) Just his drawings of the French rivers
(d) The paperwork from Balducci
7. Which direction is it to Tinguit?
(a) East
(b) West
(c) South
(d) North
8. Who would be waiting for the Arab in the south?
(a) Police
(b) Balducci
(c) Family
(d) Nomads
9. How did Balducci leave the schoolhouse?
(a) Camelback
(b) Walking
(c) He couldn't leave
(d) Horseback
10. In what geographical region is the schoolhouse located?
(a) Mountains
(b) Desert
(c) River Valley
(d) Plains
11. What lies in the southern direction when the plateau slopes?
(a) Tinguit itself
(b) The schoolhouse
(c) Low plain with a few trees
(d) Outcropping of rocks and a chaotic looking landscape
12. How long did people hide the Arab?
(a) One day
(b) One year
(c) One month
(d) One week
13. What food does Daru make for the Arab?
(a) Cookies
(b) Omelette
(c) Bacon
(d) Tea
14. What does Daru say he will wait for before he will take the Arab to the next destination?
(a) Another blizzard
(b) A declaration of war
(c) New supplies
(d) The snow to melt
15. How are two men who are coming to visit the schoolhouse traveling?
(a) Both by foot
(b) Both using camels
(c) One by horse, one by foot
(d) Both by horse
Short Answer Questions
1. Where in that city is the Arab to be taken?
2. Where does Daru put the gun when he is cooking?
3. What is the name of the village nearest the schoolhouse?
4. What awes Daru as he rests with the Arab?
5. Where does Daru show the Arab after breakfast?
This section contains 386 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
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