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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 happens when the Minister hands money to a man in the crowd at the municipal building?
(a) The man falls to his knees and thanks the Minister.
(b) The man divides the money among the crowd.
(c) A little girl steals it from the man.
(d) The man asks the Minister for more.

2. What does the Minister recall he and the Prime Minister doing "to young thugs who could not even spell their own names" (10)?
(a) Beating them up.
(b) Giving them guns.
(c) Tutoring them.
(d) Finding them jobs.

3. Who is the author of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?
(a) Zadie Smith.
(b) Sadie Jones.
(c) Stella Zaentz.
(d) Zelda Sears.

4. What word does the Minister use when describing "these weather events" (2) to Elena?
(a) Dazzling.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Disastrous.
(d) Demonic.

5. In addition to the crowd, what other people are at the church where the Minister stops to urinate?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Medics.
(c) The Minister's family.
(d) TV news crews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is screaming the Minister's name as he walks down the tarmac with his aides at the end of the story?

2. What does the Minister attribute to most of the deaths in the south when he discussing the storm with Elena?

3. What is the Minister sure the household staff will do once he leaves the house?

4. What does the Minister realize as a group of aids guide him down the tarmac?

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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