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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the Minister's wife and children waiting for him?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) London.
(d) Barcelona.

2. How does the Minister know the man in the car is not from the Red Cross?
(a) He does not have a Red Cross I.D.
(b) The man told him he is not from the Red Cross.
(c) The Red Cross no longer exists.
(d) His uniform is not a Red Cross uniform.

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

4. What types of tales did Elena tell the Minister's children when they were young?
(a) Tales of Jesus as a young man.
(b) Tales of the apocalypse.
(c) Tales of elves and fairies.
(d) Tales of the Devil as a young man.

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 sees another crowd of needy people.
(b) He needs to go to the bathroom.
(c) He wants to get dinner.
(d) He needs a cup of coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the Minister use when describing "these weather events" (2) to Elena?

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

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

4. What "sentence from a previous existence" (2) does the Minister say aloud while alone in his room at the start of the story?

5. What is Elena's gaze compared to at the start of the story?

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