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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who appears in the doorway as Elena weeps before the Minister?
(a) The Minister's wife.
(b) The Prime Minister.
(c) A gunman.
(d) Ari.

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

3. What does the Minister do "out of habit" (2) when he sees how Elena is suffering?
(a) He turns away in horror.
(b) He offers to buy her something nice.
(c) He multiplies her suffering by the population.
(d) He whistles a happy tune.

4. How long had it been since the Minister had left the house when he leaves with Ari?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 3 days.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Ari do when the man who is grabbing the Minister tells him to back the car up?

4. What does the Minister say to Ari about his generation when he wants Ari to stop for the people outside the municipal building?

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

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