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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ari repeat over and over as he drives the man and the Minister?
(a) Please don't kill him.
(b) Please don't kill me.
(c) Please don't kill us.
(d) Please get out of the car.

2. Who does the man say gave him the nickname The Marlboro Man?
(a) The Minister's wife.
(b) The Prime Minister.
(c) Elena.
(d) The Minister of Interior.

3. Why was the Marlboro Man given that nickname?
(a) He used to sell Marlboros from his trunk.
(b) He used to steal Marlboros from convenient stores.
(c) His aunt used to send him Marlboro Reds from America.
(d) He was from a town called Marlboro.

4. What is the Minister of Interior's driver's name?
(a) Elvis.
(b) Ari.
(c) Elena.
(d) Al.

5. What types of tales did Elena tell the Minister's children when they were young?
(a) Tales of elves and fairies.
(b) Tales of Jesus as a young man.
(c) Tales of the apocalypse.
(d) Tales of the Devil as a young man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago does the Marlboro Man say he was given that nickname?

2. What does the Minister do "out of habit" (2) when he sees how Elena is suffering?

3. The Minister thinks Elena's "pious sincerity" is "as much a memento of his village" (2) as what?

4. What does man ask the Minister to do when he first arrives at the municipal building?

5. What "sentence from a previous existence" (2) does the Minister say aloud while alone in his room at the start of the story?

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