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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) Difficult and pampered.
(b) Honest and hard working.
(c) Tranquil and humorous.
(d) Irritable and contentious.

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

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

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

5. How long had it been since the Minister had left the house when he leaves with Ari?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 1 month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the Minister use when describing "these weather events" (2) to Elena?

2. Who could Elena be "easily mistaken" (3) for as the Minister holds her while his driver waits for him?

3. What does the Minister see "under the wall that had once circled the parade ground" (3) as he and Ari drive past the devastation?

4. What did the Minister of Interior's wife call the room in which he stands at the start of the story?

5. What useless thing does Ari tell the Minister he will not be listening to while they drive?

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