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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 does the Minister see "under the wall that had once circled the parade ground" (3) as he and Ari drive past the devastation?
(a) Pairs of bloated, purple feet.
(b) Decapitated heads.
(c) Barely alive people begging for help.
(d) Hands with fingers cut off.

2. What does the Minister note about Elena as they speak at the start of the story?
(a) She stutters.
(b) She does not make eye contact.
(c) She hunches more than before.
(d) She has developed an eye twitch.

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

4. What does Elena do after repeating "God is so powerful" (2) to the Minister?
(a) She calls him a coward for leaving.
(b) She quietly bows and walks out of the room.
(c) She falls to her knees and begs to be saved.
(d) She sobs into her hands.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase is used to describe the way the Minister believes his household staff will behave once he leaves the house?

2. What does the Minister tell Elena he will do once settled with his wife and family?

3. Who is the author of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?

4. What does Elena twist in her hands as she talks to the Minister?

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

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