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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 religion does Ari say he follows?
(a) Islam.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Christianity.

2. What is the only thing the Prime Minister reads in the present?
(a) Bank statements.
(b) Emails.
(c) Facebook posts.
(d) Newspapers.

3. 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) The crowd.
(c) Ari.
(d) The Marlboro Man.

4. How long had it been since the Minister had left the house when he leaves with Ari?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 6 hours.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ari repeat over and over as he drives the man and the Minister?

3. How are Ari and the man described as the Minister thinks of being stuck in the car with them "on the way to his own execution" (7)?

4. Where is the "decades-old failed public-works project" (7) that Ari drives past with the Minister and the man in the car?

5. What does the Minister call Elena?

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