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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the Minister's wife described when discussing her first pregnancy?
(a) Honest and hard working.
(b) Difficult and pampered.
(c) Irritable and contentious.
(d) Tranquil and humorous.

2. What word does the Minister use when describing "these weather events" (2) to Elena?
(a) Demonic.
(b) Disastrous.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Dazzling.

3. Who is the first character readers meet at the start of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?
(a) Ari.
(b) The Minister of Interior.
(c) Elena.
(d) The Marlboro Man.

4. What useless thing does Ari tell the Minister he will not be listening to while they drive?
(a) The Minister's wife.
(b) The Minister.
(c) The radio.
(d) The GPS.

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

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. What does Elena twist in her hands as she talks to the Minister?

3. How are the Minister and Elena related?

4. Of what does the Minister's favorite painting remind him?

5. What does the Minister attribute to most of the deaths in the south when he discussing the storm with Elena?

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