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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 say he is a student of while talking to Ari on their drive?
(a) History.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Love.
(d) Human nature.

2. What does the Minister say would happen if the Americans chose to shut off their military satellite system?
(a) They would be plunged into darkness.
(b) All hell would break loose.
(c) They would be liberated.
(d) Nobody would leave the house.

3. What does the Minister do "out of habit" (2) when he sees how Elena is suffering?
(a) He offers to buy her something nice.
(b) He multiplies her suffering by the population.
(c) He turns away in horror.
(d) He whistles a happy tune.

4. What does the man tell the Minister is different about both of them from their younger days?
(a) Their bellies are bigger.
(b) They are far more educated.
(c) They have much more money.
(d) Their hair is shorter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elena do after repeating "God is so powerful" (2) to the Minister?

2. Who could Elena be "easily mistaken" (3) for as the Minister holds her while his driver waits for him?

3. How old is the Minister of Interior?

4. What does the Minister say to Ari about his generation when he wants Ari to stop for the people outside the municipal building?

5. What does the Marlboro Man tell the Minister that the Prime Minister, whom he says took all the glory, really was?

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