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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 do "out of habit" (2) when he sees how Elena is suffering?
(a) He multiplies her suffering by the population.
(b) He turns away in horror.
(c) He whistles a happy tune.
(d) He offers to buy her something nice.

2. What does man ask the Minister to do when he first arrives at the municipal building?
(a) Help his family.
(b) Leave them alone.
(c) Rebuild their city.
(d) Take him to Paris.

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

4. Where is the "decades-old failed public-works project" (7) that Ari drives past with the Minister and the man in the car?
(a) The reservoir.
(b) The old mill.
(c) The forest.
(d) Downtown.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Minister tell Elena he will do once settled with his wife and family?

3. What does the large group of people outside the municipal building do to indicate their thirst?

4. What does Ari repeat over and over as he drives the man and the Minister?

5. Who does the man say gave him the nickname The Marlboro Man?

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