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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 do readers learn of the Minister and Elena's past as he holds the crying woman?
(a) They had been schoolmates.
(b) They had once been married.
(c) They used to despise on another.
(d) They had had an affair.

2. What is the Minister of Interior's driver's name?
(a) Elena.
(b) Ari.
(c) Al.
(d) Elvis.

3. Where do Elena's children live?
(a) In the city.
(b) In the country.
(c) By the sea.
(d) With Elena and the Minister.

4. What does the Minister appreciate about Elena?
(a) Her sense of humor.
(b) Her simplicity.
(c) Her stern nature.
(d) Her intellect.

5. How are the Minister and Elena related?
(a) The Minister is her uncle.
(b) Husband and wife.
(c) Brother and sister.
(d) Distant cousins.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Ari protest against the Minister's suggestion they stop when they encounter people outside the municipal building?

4. How long had it been since the Minister had left the house when he leaves with Ari?

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

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