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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 the Minister call Elena?
(a) Young lady.
(b) Ma'am.
(c) Lele.
(d) Elle belle.

2. What does the Minister see "under the wall that had once circled the parade ground" (3) as he and Ari drive past the devastation?
(a) Pairs of bloated, purple feet.
(b) Barely alive people begging for help.
(c) Decapitated heads.
(d) Hands with fingers cut off.

3. Where do Elena's children live?
(a) In the city.
(b) In the country.
(c) By the sea.
(d) With Elena and the Minister.

4. What is happening when the Minister gets knocked to the ground outside of the church?
(a) People are shoving each other trying to get on the news.
(b) The crowd is rushing the Minister's car to get water.
(c) Two people are throwing sacks of food to the crowd.
(d) The crowd pounces on the Minister saying it is all his fault.

5. Where are the Minister's wife and children waiting for him?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) London.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the Minister's youngest daughter?

2. How does the Minister know the man in the car is not from the Red Cross?

3. How long had it been since the Minister had left the house when he leaves with Ari?

4. What does the Minister say to Ari about his generation when he wants Ari to stop for the people outside the municipal building?

5. Where does the man who helps the Minister to his feet say he is from as he tries to help him through the crowd?

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