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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who could Elena be "easily mistaken" (3) for as the Minister holds her while his driver waits for him?
(a) The Minister's wife.
(b) The Minister's daughter.
(c) The Minister's mother.
(d) The Minister's sister.

2. What is Elena's gaze compared to at the start of the story?
(a) Images of ruthless soldiers.
(b) Portraits of heroic peasants.
(c) Paintings of noble women.
(d) Newsreel of starving children in war torn countries.

3. What does the Minister do in the back of the car as he passes the devastation from the storm?
(a) Speak incessantly to Ari.
(b) Texts his wife that he is on his way.
(c) Cries quietly into his handkerchief.
(d) Yell out the window that help is on the way.

4. Who does the man say gave him the nickname The Marlboro Man?
(a) The Minister's wife.
(b) The Prime Minister.
(c) Elena.
(d) The Minister of Interior.

5. 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 had an affair.
(c) They had once been married.
(d) They used to despise on another.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the Minister tell the Marlboro Man will happen to him once they reach the airport?

4. What does the Minister call Elena?

5. What does the Minister say to the man after he has pulled him into the car with Ari?

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