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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 is Elena's gaze compared to at the start of the story?
(a) Paintings of noble women.
(b) Portraits of heroic peasants.
(c) Images of ruthless soldiers.
(d) Newsreel of starving children in war torn countries.

2. What is the Minister sure the household staff will do once he leaves the house?
(a) Raid his packed boxes.
(b) Clean the house.
(c) Trash the house.
(d) Throw a party.

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

4. What happens when the Minister hands money to a man in the crowd at the municipal building?
(a) The man asks the Minister for more.
(b) A little girl steals it from the man.
(c) The man falls to his knees and thanks the Minister.
(d) The man divides the money among the crowd.

5. Of what does the Minister's favorite painting remind him?
(a) His vacation home.
(b) His ancestral village.
(c) His wedding day.
(d) His children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Elena's children live?

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

3. Where does the Minister tell Ari to stop the second time while they are heading to the airport?

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

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

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