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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 "sentence from a previous existence" (2) does the Minister say aloud while alone in his room at the start of the story?
(a) God bless us all.
(b) Peace be with you.
(c) Adios, amigo.
(d) So it goes.

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) Tutoring them.
(c) Giving them guns.
(d) Finding them jobs.

3. Which type of religious person does the Minister say will agonize over what a beggar might do with his money rather than just giving it to him?
(a) Buddhist.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Jew.
(d) Christian.

4. Where will the Minister of Interior's driver take him?
(a) The bus station.
(b) Church.
(c) The airport.
(d) His office.

5. What does Ari do when the man who is grabbing the Minister tells him to back the car up?
(a) He drives away.
(b) He drives over the man's foot.
(c) He backs the car up.
(d) He rolls down the window and asks the man for identification.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Minister see "under the wall that had once circled the parade ground" (3) as he and Ari drive past the devastation?

2. How old is the Minister of Interior?

3. What word does the Marlboro Man use to describe the Prime Minister?

4. How are the Minister and Elena related?

5. Who does the man say gave him the nickname The Marlboro Man?

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