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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 6 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase is used to describe the way the Minister believes his household staff will behave once he leaves the house?
(a) Flies on excrement.
(b) Angels in heaven.
(c) Animals in a zoo.
(d) Beasts upon carrion.

2. What does the Minister say to Ari about his generation when he wants Ari to stop for the people outside the municipal building?
(a) It is so cynical.
(b) It is so malicious.
(c) It is so poorly educated.
(d) It is so altruistic.

3. What do readers learn of the Minister and Elena's past as he holds the crying woman?
(a) They had been schoolmates.
(b) They had had an affair.
(c) They had once been married.
(d) They used to despise on another.

4. What does Elena twist in her hands as she talks to the Minister?
(a) A dirty rag.
(b) Rosary beads.
(c) Her apron.
(d) A stuffed bear.

5. How are the Minister and Elena related?
(a) Distant cousins.
(b) Husband and wife.
(c) The Minister is her uncle.
(d) Brother and sister.

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. Where are the Minister's wife and children waiting for him?

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

4. What does the Minister yell out when he arrives on the scene at the municipal building?

5. What does the Minister realize has happened to him when the man lifts him up amidst the crowd outside the church?

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