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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) Animals in a zoo.
(b) Flies on excrement.
(c) Angels in heaven.
(d) Beasts upon carrion.

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

3. What does the Minister note about Elena as they speak at the start of the story?
(a) She stutters.
(b) She has developed an eye twitch.
(c) She does not make eye contact.
(d) She hunches more than before.

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

5. Where will the Minister of Interior's driver take him?
(a) Church.
(b) The airport.
(c) His office.
(d) The bus station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of religious person does the Minister say will agonize over what a beggar might do with his money rather than just giving it to him?

2. What does the Minister call Elena?

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

4. Why does Ari protest against the Minister's suggestion they stop when they encounter people outside the municipal building?

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

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