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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does man ask the Minister to do when he first arrives at the municipal building?
(a) Take him to Paris.
(b) Help his family.
(c) Rebuild their city.
(d) Leave them alone.

2. 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 library.
(c) The spa.
(d) The salon.

3. Of what does the Minister's favorite painting remind him?
(a) His vacation home.
(b) His wedding day.
(c) His ancestral village.
(d) His children.

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

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

6. What does the Minister yell out when he arrives on the scene at the municipal building?
(a) I'm here!
(b) Get away!
(c) Join me!
(d) Water!

7. 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) Christian.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Jew.
(d) Buddhist.

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

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

10. Where do Elena's children live?
(a) In the city.
(b) In the country.
(c) With Elena and the Minister.
(d) By the sea.

11. 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 malicious.
(b) It is so cynical.
(c) It is so poorly educated.
(d) It is so altruistic.

12. How long had it been since the Minister had left the house when he leaves with Ari?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 1 month.

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

14. Why does the Minister tell Ari to stop when they see a group outside the municipal building?
(a) He wants to bring some of the people with him.
(b) He wants to take a selfie with them.
(c) He wants to give them water.
(d) He wants to make a speech.

15. What does the Minister see "under the wall that had once circled the parade ground" (3) as he and Ari drive past the devastation?
(a) Hands with fingers cut off.
(b) Decapitated heads.
(c) Pairs of bloated, purple feet.
(d) Barely alive people begging for help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first character readers meet at the start of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?

2. What is the Minister sure the household staff will do once he leaves the house?

3. How old is the Minister's youngest daughter?

4. Where does the man who helps the Minister to his feet say he is from as he tries to help him through the crowd?

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

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