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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 10 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Minister note about Elena as they speak at the start of the story?
(a) She hunches more than before.
(b) She does not make eye contact.
(c) She stutters.
(d) She has developed an eye twitch.

2. What does the crowd do when the Minister begins to remove the crates of water from his trunk?
(a) They tell the Minister that is not enough and to bring more.
(b) They organize the crowd so women and children are served first.
(c) They stand in single file waiting their turn.
(d) They knock him down and grab the crates.

3. What does the Minister tell Elena he will do once settled with his wife and family?
(a) FaceTime her.
(b) Send her final paycheck.
(c) Write to her.
(d) Send for her.

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

5. Where is the "decades-old failed public-works project" (7) that Ari drives past with the Minister and the man in the car?
(a) The old mill.
(b) Downtown.
(c) The reservoir.
(d) The forest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the man tell the Minister is different about both of them from their younger days?

3. What do readers learn of the Minister and Elena's past as he holds the crying woman?

4. What does the Minister say to the Marlboro Man when he tries to say the two are similar?

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

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