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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Minister realize has happened to him when the man lifts him up amidst the crowd outside the church?
(a) He has broken his elbow.
(b) Ari left him.
(c) He urinated himself.
(d) He has gone blind.

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

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

4. How are the Minister and Elena related?
(a) Husband and wife.
(b) Brother and sister.
(c) Distant cousins.
(d) The Minister is her uncle.

5. What does the Minister call Elena?
(a) Elle belle.
(b) Lele.
(c) Young lady.
(d) Ma'am.

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

7. Where does the Minister tell Ari to stop the second time while they are heading to the airport?
(a) A library.
(b) His old office.
(c) A church.
(d) The police station.

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

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

10. What does the crowd do when the Minister begins to remove the crates of water from his trunk?
(a) They tell the Minister that is not enough and to bring more.
(b) They organize the crowd so women and children are served first.
(c) They stand in single file waiting their turn.
(d) They knock him down and grab the crates.

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

12. The Minister thinks Elena's "pious sincerity" is "as much a memento of his village" (2) as what?
(a) Morning prayer and porridge.
(b) Clay pots and braided rugs.
(c) Fresh fruit and bare feet.
(d) Woven reed baskets and colored shawls.

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

14. What happens when the Minister hands money to a man in the crowd at the municipal building?
(a) The man falls to his knees and thanks the Minister.
(b) A little girl steals it from the man.
(c) The man asks the Minister for more.
(d) The man divides the money among the crowd.

15. What do readers learn of the Minister and Elena's past as he holds the crying woman?
(a) They had been schoolmates.
(b) They used to despise on another.
(c) They had had an affair.
(d) They had once been married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the Minister's wife and children waiting for him?

2. Why was the devastation outside unsurprising to the Minister when he first left his house with Ari?

3. What does Ari tell the Minister will happen if they stop the car a second time while on the way to the airport?

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

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

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