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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Daru think of as he looks out over the deserted land beyond the plateau?
(a) His students
(b) Balducci
(c) The police station
(d) The Arab

2. How many students are still in Daru's classroom as the two men approach?
(a) 10
(b) 2
(c) 0
(d) 5

3. What does Daru not want to do?
(a) Continue as teacher at the schoolhouse
(b) Walk in the snow
(c) Turn the Arab into the police
(d) Talk to the Arab

4. What surrounds Daru where he is now?
(a) Stones
(b) Wheat fields
(c) Many people
(d) Lots of water

5. What awes Daru as he rests with the Arab?
(a) Vast expanse of the deserted land
(b) Vast amounts of people below
(c) Vast amounts of snow
(d) Vast amount of hills to climb yet

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is it from El Ameur to the schoolhouse?

2. What increases overnight?

3. How many workers are there to patrol the entire territory and keep it safe?

4. What is still displayed on the chalkboard in the classroom?

5. What does Daru see as he looks out over the two different directions?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Daru no longer a part of a community of men?

2. What does the sense of anticipation in the reader mimic?

3. Describe the setting near the schoolhouse.

4. What does Daru give to the students of the poor families when they come to the school?

5. What literary term describes how Daru feels caught between considering the Arab's crimes and his humanity?

6. Why does Daru return to the schoolhouse after they have only traveled a short distance?

7. Describe how the character the Arab looks.

8. What does Daru do when the Arab begins to speak after he has offered him two choices?

9. Why does Daru leave the decision as to his fate in the Arab's own hands?

10. How does Daru feel about taking the prisoner to TInguit?

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