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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who appears in the doorway as Elena weeps before the Minister?
(a) Ari.
(b) The Minister's wife.
(c) The Prime Minister.
(d) A gunman.

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

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?
(a) Hands with fingers cut off.
(b) Pairs of bloated, purple feet.
(c) Barely alive people begging for help.
(d) Decapitated heads.

4. Who is the first character readers meet at the start of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?
(a) Elena.
(b) Ari.
(c) The Marlboro Man.
(d) The Minister of Interior.

5. Why does the Minister ask Ari to stop the car a second time despite having told him he would not do so again?
(a) He needs a cup of coffee.
(b) He needs to go to the bathroom.
(c) He wants to get dinner.
(d) He sees another crowd of needy people.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to the crowd, what other people are at the church where the Minister stops to urinate?

2. What did the Minister of Interior's wife call the room in which he stands at the start of the story?

3. What does the Minister yell out when he arrives on the scene at the municipal building?

4. What phrase does the Minister repeat to Elena when she enters the room at the start of the story?

5. Where does the man who helps the Minister to his feet say he is from as he tries to help him through the crowd?

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