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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?
(a) Sadie Jones.
(b) Stella Zaentz.
(c) Zelda Sears.
(d) Zadie Smith.

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

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

4. Why was the devastation outside unsurprising to the Minister when he first left his house with Ari?
(a) He had sneaked out of his house to look at it one night.
(b) He had been getting daily briefings.
(c) He watched it on the city's closed circuit television.
(d) He had seen it on the news.

5. Who appears in the doorway as Elena weeps before the Minister?
(a) A gunman.
(b) Ari.
(c) The Minister's wife.
(d) The Prime Minister.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the first character readers meet at the start of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?

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

5. The Minister thinks Elena's "pious sincerity" is "as much a memento of his village" (2) as what?

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