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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What "sentence from a previous existence" (2) does the Minister say aloud while alone in his room at the start of the story?
(a) God bless us all.
(b) So it goes.
(c) Peace be with you.
(d) Adios, amigo.

4. 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) Morning prayer and porridge.
(c) Woven reed baskets and colored shawls.
(d) Fresh fruit and bare feet.

5. What does Elena twist in her hands as she talks to the Minister?
(a) A stuffed bear.
(b) Her apron.
(c) A dirty rag.
(d) Rosary beads.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Minister do in the back of the car as he passes the devastation from the storm?

3. Where will the Minister of Interior's driver take him?

4. What does the Minister hand to Elena just before leaving with his driver?

5. What does the Minister tell Elena was "a wicked lie in the foreign press" (2)?

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