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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Minister realize as a group of aids guide him down the tarmac?
(a) He set the Marlboro Man free.
(b) He does not want to see his wife.
(c) He forgot his suitcase.
(d) He did not say goodbye to Ari.

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

3. The Minister thinks Elena's "pious sincerity" is "as much a memento of his village" (2) as what?
(a) Morning prayer and porridge.
(b) Fresh fruit and bare feet.
(c) Woven reed baskets and colored shawls.
(d) Clay pots and braided rugs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man tell Ari he gave up long ago?

2. What does the Minister do "out of habit" (2) when he sees how Elena is suffering?

3. What does the Minister say to the Marlboro Man when he tries to say the two are similar?

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

5. How are the Minister and Elena related?

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