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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 did the Minister of Interior's wife call the room in which he stands at the start of the story?
(a) The library.
(b) The cafe.
(c) The spa.
(d) The salon.

2. What does man ask the Minister to do when he first arrives at the municipal building?
(a) Leave them alone.
(b) Rebuild their city.
(c) Take him to Paris.
(d) Help his family.

3. The Minister thinks Elena's "pious sincerity" is "as much a memento of his village" (2) as what?
(a) Fresh fruit and bare feet.
(b) Woven reed baskets and colored shawls.
(c) Morning prayer and porridge.
(d) Clay pots and braided rugs.

4. Who could Elena be "easily mistaken" (3) for as the Minister holds her while his driver waits for him?
(a) The Minister's mother.
(b) The Minister's wife.
(c) The Minister's sister.
(d) The Minister's daughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the large group of people outside the municipal building do to indicate their thirst?

2. Where do Elena's children live?

3. What does the Minister see "under the wall that had once circled the parade ground" (3) as he and Ari drive past the devastation?

4. What happens when the Minister hands money to a man in the crowd at the municipal building?

5. What does Elena do after repeating "God is so powerful" (2) to the Minister?

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