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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) Tragedy ensues.
(b) Good times.
(c) Difficult days.
(d) Those were the days.

2. How is the Minister's wife described when discussing her first pregnancy?
(a) Tranquil and humorous.
(b) Difficult and pampered.
(c) Honest and hard working.
(d) Irritable and contentious.

3. Where does the man who helps the Minister to his feet say he is from as he tries to help him through the crowd?
(a) The Peace Corps.
(b) The U.S. Army.
(c) Office of the Prime Minister.
(d) Red Cross.

4. Where do Elena's children live?
(a) In the city.
(b) By the sea.
(c) In the country.
(d) With Elena and the Minister.

5. In addition to the crowd, what other people are at the church where the Minister stops to urinate?
(a) The Minister's family.
(b) TV news crews.
(c) Medics.
(d) Politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "sentence from a previous existence" (2) does the Minister say aloud while alone in his room at the start of the story?

2. What does the Minister hand to Elena just before leaving with his driver?

3. Of what does the Minister's favorite painting remind him?

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 does the Minister do in the back of the car as he passes the devastation from the storm?

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