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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 Elena do after repeating "God is so powerful" (2) to the Minister?
(a) She calls him a coward for leaving.
(b) She falls to her knees and begs to be saved.
(c) She sobs into her hands.
(d) She quietly bows and walks out of the room.

2. 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 forest.
(b) The old mill.
(c) The reservoir.
(d) Downtown.

3. What does the Minister say would happen if the Americans chose to shut off their military satellite system?
(a) They would be plunged into darkness.
(b) All hell would break loose.
(c) Nobody would leave the house.
(d) They would be liberated.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Minister tell Elena was "a wicked lie in the foreign press" (2)?

3. In addition to the crowd, what other people are at the church where the Minister stops to urinate?

4. What does the Minister say he is a student of while talking to Ari on their drive?

5. Who is the first character readers meet at the start of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?

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