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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following would be an antonym for chaotic?
(a) Calm
(b) Disarranged
(c) Uncontrolled
(d) Ordered

2. Which word best describes Daru's feelings at turning the Arab over to the police?
(a) Angry
(b) Revolted
(c) Terrified
(d) Guilty

3. Which character lies motionless in his cot with his eyes open?
(a) Daru
(b) Arab
(c) Students
(d) Balducci

4. What does Daru assume the Arab will do when he leaves the schoolhouse?
(a) Harm him
(b) Use the bathroom
(c) Escape
(d) Clear a path for their journey

5. Theme is to article as plot is to:
(a) Setting
(b) Climax
(c) Characters
(d) Summary

6. Chaotic landscape is to nomads as low plains is to:
(a) Daru
(b) Schoolhouse
(c) Police
(d) Violence

7. Which of the following is the opposite of the protagonist?
(a) Oxymoron
(b) Antagonist
(c) Allegory
(d) Hyperbole

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

9. Which of the following words has a prefix?
(a) Threatening
(b) Unable
(c) Greater
(d) Thoughtful

10. When Daru wakes up the Arab who looks frightened. This is an example of what?
(a) Similes
(b) Personification
(c) Metaphors
(d) Imagery

11. Of what ethnicity is Daru in this story?
(a) French
(b) French Algerian
(c) Algerian
(d) French Arabic

12. Which of the following is not a synonym for the term paradox?
(a) Quagmire
(b) Adversity
(c) Simplicity
(d) Block

13. Which of the following words is a compound word?
(a) Thoughtful
(b) Threatening
(c) Greater
(d) Schoolhouse

14. Which of the following is the best definition for theme?
(a) Plot
(b) Characterization
(c) Summarization
(d) Topic

15. What makes Daru anxious?
(a) Witnessing murder
(b) Spending time with the Arab murderer
(c) Traveling in poor weather
(d) Speaking with Balducci

Short Answer Questions

1. Professor is to teacher as monk is to:

2. Isolation is to crowded as indefinite is to:

3. Which of the following is the best definition of a paradox?

4. Which of the following would be a synonym for violent?

5. Which of the following words is plural?

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