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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Minister of Interior's wife call the room in which he stands at the start of the story?
(a) The cafe.
(b) The salon.
(c) The library.
(d) The spa.

2. 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.

3. What is the Minister sure the household staff will do once he leaves the house?
(a) Raid his packed boxes.
(b) Trash the house.
(c) Clean the house.
(d) Throw a party.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Minister of Interior's driver's name?

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. Where do Elena's children live?

4. Who is the author of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?

5. What does the Minister call Elena?

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