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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of what does the Minister's favorite painting remind him?
(a) His vacation home.
(b) His ancestral village.
(c) His wedding day.
(d) His children.

3. Where are the Minister's wife and children waiting for him?
(a) Paris.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What "sentence from a previous existence" (2) does the Minister say aloud while alone in his room at the start of the story?

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

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

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