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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 Marlboro Man tell the Minister he is a student of?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Human nature.
(c) History.
(d) Agriculture.

2. What does the Minister say to the Marlboro Man when he tries to say the two are similar?
(a) He agrees with him.
(b) He tells him he is insane.
(c) The Minister says that he should have been arrested with the man.
(d) The Minister says that the Man is far more noble than he is.

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?
(a) Decapitated heads.
(b) Pairs of bloated, purple feet.
(c) Barely alive people begging for help.
(d) Hands with fingers cut off.

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

5. Who is screaming the Minister's name as he walks down the tarmac with his aides at the end of the story?
(a) His wife.
(b) Ari.
(c) The crowd.
(d) The Marlboro Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Minister hand to Elena just before leaving with his driver?

2. What begins to happen just as the Minister reaches his plane at the end of the story?

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

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

5. In addition to the crowd, what other people are at the church where the Minister stops to urinate?

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