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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does the Minister's favorite painting remind him?
(a) His vacation home.
(b) His children.
(c) His ancestral village.
(d) His wedding day.

2. What does the Marlboro Man tell the Minister he is a student of?
(a) History.
(b) Human nature.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Philosophy.

3. What does the large group of people outside the municipal building do to indicate their thirst?
(a) Mimic drinking from a glass.
(b) Stick out their tongues and pant.
(c) Drop their jaws and point inside their mouths.
(d) Pat their hands on their throats.

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

5. 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) Barely alive people begging for help.
(b) Pairs of bloated, purple feet.
(c) Decapitated heads.
(d) Hands with fingers cut off.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will the Minister of Interior's driver take him?

2. Who appears in the doorway as Elena weeps before the Minister?

3. Why does the Minister tell Ari to stop when they see a group outside the municipal building?

4. What does the Minister say to the man after he has pulled him into the car with Ari?

5. Why is the Minister unable to get out of the car when Ari stops it outside the municipal building where a crowd has gathered?

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