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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is happening when the Minister gets knocked to the ground outside of the church?
(a) Two people are throwing sacks of food to the crowd.
(b) The crowd is rushing the Minister's car to get water.
(c) The crowd pounces on the Minister saying it is all his fault.
(d) People are shoving each other trying to get on the news.

3. Where will the Minister of Interior's driver take him?
(a) The airport.
(b) Church.
(c) His office.
(d) The bus station.

4. Why does Ari protest against the Minister's suggestion they stop when they encounter people outside the municipal building?
(a) Ari is afraid the car will get hijacked.
(b) Ari seems someone in the crowd he dislikes.
(c) Ari is low on gas.
(d) The Minister will miss his plane.

5. What "sentence from a previous existence" (2) does the Minister say aloud while alone in his room at the start of the story?
(a) So it goes.
(b) Adios, amigo.
(c) Peace be with you.
(d) God bless us all.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of religious person does the Minister say will agonize over what a beggar might do with his money rather than just giving it to him?

2. What is Elena's gaze compared to at the start of the story?

3. What do readers learn of the Minister and Elena's past as he holds the crying woman?

4. What religion does Ari say he follows?

5. What does the Minister say he is a student of while talking to Ari on their drive?

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