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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase does the Minister repeat to Elena when she enters the room at the start of the story?
(a) Good times.
(b) Tragedy ensues.
(c) Difficult days.
(d) Those were the days.

2. Where does the Minister tell Ari to stop the second time while they are heading to the airport?
(a) A library.
(b) His old office.
(c) The police station.
(d) A church.

3. What does the Minister hand to Elena just before leaving with his driver?
(a) A ring.
(b) Money.
(c) His suits.
(d) A dirty towel.

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) Fresh fruit and bare feet.
(d) Woven reed baskets and colored shawls.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who could Elena be "easily mistaken" (3) for as the Minister holds her while his driver waits for him?

2. Where does the man who helps the Minister to his feet say he is from as he tries to help him through the crowd?

3. How are the Minister and Elena related?

4. Who appears in the doorway as Elena weeps before the Minister?

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

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