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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase is used to describe the way the Minister believes his household staff will behave once he leaves the house?
(a) Angels in heaven.
(b) Beasts upon carrion.
(c) Animals in a zoo.
(d) Flies on excrement.

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

3. What does Ari do when the man who is grabbing the Minister tells him to back the car up?
(a) He drives over the man's foot.
(b) He drives away.
(c) He rolls down the window and asks the man for identification.
(d) He backs the car up.

4. What does the Marlboro Man say he helped build?
(a) The church.
(b) The Minister's house.
(c) The municipal building.
(d) The airport.

5. How is the Minister's wife described when discussing her first pregnancy?
(a) Difficult and pampered.
(b) Irritable and contentious.
(c) Honest and hard working.
(d) Tranquil and humorous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the Minister's wife and children waiting for him?

2. What does the Minister do "out of habit" (2) when he sees how Elena is suffering?

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

5. How are the Minister and Elena related?

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