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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ari tell the Minister will happen if they stop the car a second time while on the way to the airport?
(a) The car might run out of gas.
(b) Someone will steal the car.
(c) Someone will slit his throat.
(d) He will walk out and the Minister will be on his own.

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

3. 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.

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

5. What does the Minister hand to Elena just before leaving with his driver?
(a) His suits.
(b) Money.
(c) A ring.
(d) A dirty towel.

6. What does the Minister do in the back of the car as he passes the devastation from the storm?
(a) Speak incessantly to Ari.
(b) Texts his wife that he is on his way.
(c) Yell out the window that help is on the way.
(d) Cries quietly into his handkerchief.

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

8. What phrase does the Minister repeat to Elena when she enters the room at the start of the story?
(a) Difficult days.
(b) Good times.
(c) Tragedy ensues.
(d) Those were the days.

9. 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) Christian.
(d) Jew.

10. What did the Minister of Interior's wife call the room in which he stands at the start of the story?
(a) The cafe.
(b) The salon.
(c) The spa.
(d) The library.

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

12. Why is the Minister unable to get out of the car when Ari stops it outside the municipal building where a crowd has gathered?
(a) A large group of people block the door.
(b) The door is jammed.
(c) The child safety lock is on.
(d) His hand is too weak.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will the Minister of Interior's driver take him?

2. Where do Elena's children live?

3. What does the Minister say would happen if the Americans chose to shut off their military satellite system?

4. What does the large group of people outside the municipal building do to indicate their thirst?

5. What does Elena twist in her hands as she talks to the Minister?

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