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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Minister ask Ari to stop the car a second time despite having told him he would not do so again?
(a) He wants to get dinner.
(b) He needs to go to the bathroom.
(c) He sees another crowd of needy people.
(d) He needs a cup of coffee.

2. What phrase is used to describe the way the suits are laid out at the start of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?
(a) Ladies in waiting.
(b) Corpses in a pile.
(c) Fallen leaves.
(d) Wind scattered petals.

3. What does the Minister attribute to most of the deaths in the south when he discussing the storm with Elena?
(a) Drownings.
(b) Suicides.
(c) Suffocation.
(d) Starvation.

4. What does Ari tell the Minister will happen if they stop the car a second time while on the way to the airport?
(a) He will walk out and the Minister will be on his own.
(b) The car might run out of gas.
(c) Someone will slit his throat.
(d) Someone will steal the car.

5. What does the Minister call Elena?
(a) Young lady.
(b) Lele.
(c) Elle belle.
(d) Ma'am.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the Minister and Elena related?

2. What phrase does the Minister repeat to Elena when she enters the room at the start of the story?

3. What religion does Ari say he follows?

4. What phrase is used to describe the way the Minister believes his household staff will behave once he leaves the house?

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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