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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do both the reader and Daru discover is happening during the long, lonely, sleepless night?
(a) Nothing
(b) Bonding between Daru and the Arab
(c) Natural events
(d) War battles are building

2. Which of the following would not be an accurate description of Daru's lifestyle?
(a) Scholarly
(b) Lonely
(c) Unschooled
(d) Thoughtful

3. Which emotion is shared by both Daru and the Arab when Daru awakens the Arab in the morning?
(a) Guilt
(b) Anger
(c) Fear
(d) Anxiousness

4. Which of the following would be a synonym for foreshadow?
(a) Determine
(b) Hint
(c) Follow
(d) Succeed

5. Which of the following words describes past tense?
(a) Avoid
(b) Threatening
(c) Expresses
(d) Walked

6. East is to low plains as south is to:
(a) Chaotic landscape
(b) Chaotic mountains
(c) Plateau
(d) Mountains

7. Which of the following is an example of possible foreshadowing of a violent end for the Arab?
(a) Daru throwing pebbles in the snow
(b) Daru putting on a hunting jacket over his sweater
(c) Daru living alone in the schoolhouse
(d) Daru waking up the Arab who is frightened

8. Noun is to fate as adverb is to:
(a) Hopeless
(b) Yesterday
(c) Slow
(d) Aggressive

9. What event happens as both characters lie awake to suggest something is about to happen?
(a) Rain pelts the ground
(b) Wind begins to stir
(c) Snow falls heavily from the sky
(d) Animals howl

10. Which of the following word choices shows past tense?
(a) Is
(b) Hunted
(c) Leaves
(d) Does

11. The implication that Daru is saddened by the Arab's choice is an example of:
(a) Allusion
(b) Hyperbole
(c) Allegory
(d) Metaphor

12. Which of the following is a definition for moral?
(a) Difficult decisions
(b) Must be done
(c) Principles of what is right
(d) Believable

13. Which of the following is the best definition of imagery?
(a) Comparing two unrelated items
(b) Illustrations
(c) Comparing two items using words such as like and as
(d) Creating mental pictures in the reader's mind

14. Hunter is to prey as student is to:
(a) Questions
(b) Knowledge
(c) Answers
(d) Truth

15. Which of the following words is plural?
(a) Freedom
(b) Expresses
(c) Himself
(d) Moral

Short Answer Questions

1. When Daru wakes up the Arab who looks frightened. This is an example of what?

2. In this phrase, hunting jacket, the word hunting is an example of which part of speech?

3. Which of the following could be a synonym for fate?

4. Isolation is to crowded as indefinite is to:

5. Which of the following is the best definition for theme?

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