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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 Elena do after repeating "God is so powerful" (2) to the Minister?
(a) She falls to her knees and begs to be saved.
(b) She quietly bows and walks out of the room.
(c) She sobs into her hands.
(d) She calls him a coward for leaving.

2. The Minister thinks Elena's "pious sincerity" is "as much a memento of his village" (2) as what?
(a) Woven reed baskets and colored shawls.
(b) Morning prayer and porridge.
(c) Clay pots and braided rugs.
(d) Fresh fruit and bare feet.

3. What does the Minister say to the Marlboro Man when he tries to say the two are similar?
(a) He tells him he is insane.
(b) He agrees with him.
(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.

4. What phrase is used to describe the way the Minister believes his household staff will behave once he leaves the house?
(a) Flies on excrement.
(b) Angels in heaven.
(c) Beasts upon carrion.
(d) Animals in a zoo.

5. Where are the Minister's wife and children waiting for him?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What phrase does the Minister repeat to Elena when she enters the room at the start of the story?

4. How does the Minister know the man in the car is not from the Red Cross?

5. What does the man tell the Minister is disappointing after the Minister says he knows the man will kill them?

(see the answer key)

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