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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Minister ask Ari to stop the car a second time despite having told him he would not do so again?
(a) He sees another crowd of needy people.
(b) He wants to get dinner.
(c) He needs to go to the bathroom.
(d) He needs a cup of coffee.

2. What does Ari tell the Minister will happen if they stop the car a second time while on the way to the airport?
(a) He will walk out and the Minister will be on his own.
(b) Someone will slit his throat.
(c) Someone will steal the car.
(d) The car might run out of gas.

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

4. What does the Minister do in the back of the car as he passes the devastation from the storm?
(a) Cries quietly into his handkerchief.
(b) Texts his wife that he is on his way.
(c) Yell out the window that help is on the way.
(d) Speak incessantly to Ari.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Minister sure the household staff will do once he leaves the house?

2. What is happening when the Minister gets knocked to the ground outside of the church?

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

4. What does the Minister say would happen if the Americans chose to shut off their military satellite system?

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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