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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first character readers meet at the start of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?
(a) The Minister of Interior.
(b) Ari.
(c) The Marlboro Man.
(d) Elena.

2. What does the Minister say to Ari about his generation when he wants Ari to stop for the people outside the municipal building?
(a) It is so altruistic.
(b) It is so malicious.
(c) It is so poorly educated.
(d) It is so cynical.

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

4. Who appears in the doorway as Elena weeps before the Minister?
(a) A gunman.
(b) The Prime Minister.
(c) Ari.
(d) The Minister's wife.

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

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

7. What word does the Minister use when describing "these weather events" (2) to Elena?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Dazzling.
(c) Disastrous.
(d) Demonic.

8. What does the Minister attribute to most of the deaths in the south when he discussing the storm with Elena?
(a) Drownings.
(b) Suicides.
(c) Suffocation.
(d) Starvation.

9. What is the Minister sure the household staff will do once he leaves the house?
(a) Clean the house.
(b) Raid his packed boxes.
(c) Trash the house.
(d) Throw a party.

10. Why does the Minister ask Ari to stop the car a second time despite having told him he would not do so again?
(a) He sees another crowd of needy people.
(b) He needs a cup of coffee.
(c) He needs to go to the bathroom.
(d) He wants to get dinner.

11. What does the Minister appreciate about Elena?
(a) Her sense of humor.
(b) Her intellect.
(c) Her simplicity.
(d) Her stern nature.

12. What useless thing does Ari tell the Minister he will not be listening to while they drive?
(a) The Minister.
(b) The radio.
(c) The Minister's wife.
(d) The GPS.

13. What is the Minister of Interior's driver's name?
(a) Elena.
(b) Al.
(c) Elvis.
(d) Ari.

14. Where does the man who helps the Minister to his feet say he is from as he tries to help him through the crowd?
(a) The U.S. Army.
(b) Red Cross.
(c) The Peace Corps.
(d) Office of the Prime Minister.

15. What does the Minister tell Elena he will do once settled with his wife and family?
(a) Write to her.
(b) Send her final paycheck.
(c) Send for her.
(d) FaceTime her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does the Minister's favorite painting remind him?

2. What "sentence from a previous existence" (2) does the Minister say aloud while alone in his room at the start of the story?

3. What phrase is used to describe the way the Minister believes his household staff will behave once he leaves the house?

4. What does the Minister realize has happened to him when the man lifts him up amidst the crowd outside the church?

5. How is the Minister's wife described when discussing her first pregnancy?

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