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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 10 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the Minister's youngest daughter?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 25.
(d) 17.

2. 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.

3. What does the Minister hand to Elena just before leaving with his driver?
(a) A dirty towel.
(b) His suits.
(c) Money.
(d) A ring.

4. What is the Minister of Interior's driver's name?
(a) Ari.
(b) Al.
(c) Elvis.
(d) Elena.

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) So it goes.
(b) God bless us all.
(c) Peace be with you.
(d) Adios, amigo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has the Marlboro Man been in prison before he is able to escape?

2. What does Ari do as he drives the Minister and the man who got into the car with them?

3. What does the Minister do when the Marlboro Man says, "You, too, are by brother" (12)?

4. Who appears in the doorway as Elena weeps before the Minister?

5. What phrase does the Minister repeat to Elena when she enters the room at the start of the story?

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