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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 is the Minister sure the household staff will do once he leaves the house?
(a) Trash the house.
(b) Throw a party.
(c) Raid his packed boxes.
(d) Clean the house.

2. What phrase does the Minister repeat to Elena when she enters the room at the start of the story?
(a) Tragedy ensues.
(b) Difficult days.
(c) Those were the days.
(d) Good times.

3. What word does the Minister use when describing "these weather events" (2) to Elena?
(a) Demonic.
(b) Disastrous.
(c) Dazzling.
(d) Democratic.

4. Why does Ari protest against the Minister's suggestion they stop when they encounter people outside the municipal building?
(a) Ari seems someone in the crowd he dislikes.
(b) Ari is afraid the car will get hijacked.
(c) The Minister will miss his plane.
(d) Ari is low on gas.

5. What "sentence from a previous existence" (2) does the Minister say aloud while alone in his room at the start of the story?
(a) Adios, amigo.
(b) Peace be with you.
(c) So it goes.
(d) God bless us all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the Minister hands money to a man in the crowd at the municipal building?

2. What does the crowd do when the Minister begins to remove the crates of water from his trunk?

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

4. How old is the Minister of Interior?

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

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