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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 6 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the Minister realize has happened to him when the man lifts him up amidst the crowd outside the church?
(a) He urinated himself.
(b) Ari left him.
(c) He has gone blind.
(d) He has broken his elbow.

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

5. What does the Minister yell out when he arrives on the scene at the municipal building?
(a) Join me!
(b) I'm here!
(c) Get away!
(d) Water!

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Minister tell Ari to stop when they see a group outside the municipal building?

2. Why does the Minister ask Ari to stop the car a second time despite having told him he would not do so again?

3. Where are the Minister's wife and children waiting for him?

4. Why was the devastation outside unsurprising to the Minister when he first left his house with Ari?

5. What do readers learn of the Minister and Elena's past as he holds the crying woman?

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