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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Pairs of bloated, purple feet.
(c) Decapitated heads.
(d) Barely alive people begging for help.

3. Why does Ari protest against the Minister's suggestion they stop when they encounter people outside the municipal building?
(a) Ari is low on gas.
(b) Ari seems someone in the crowd he dislikes.
(c) Ari is afraid the car will get hijacked.
(d) The Minister will miss his plane.

4. How is the Minister's wife described when discussing her first pregnancy?
(a) Difficult and pampered.
(b) Tranquil and humorous.
(c) Honest and hard working.
(d) Irritable and contentious.

5. What does Elena twist in her hands as she talks to the Minister?
(a) A dirty rag.
(b) Her apron.
(c) Rosary beads.
(d) A stuffed bear.

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

7. What religion does Ari say he follows?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Buddhism.

8. How old is the Minister's youngest daughter?
(a) 25.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 17.

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

10. What is happening when the Minister gets knocked to the ground outside of the church?
(a) The crowd pounces on the Minister saying it is all his fault.
(b) The crowd is rushing the Minister's car to get water.
(c) People are shoving each other trying to get on the news.
(d) Two people are throwing sacks of food to the crowd.

11. What does the large group of people outside the municipal building do to indicate their thirst?
(a) Stick out their tongues and pant.
(b) Pat their hands on their throats.
(c) Mimic drinking from a glass.
(d) Drop their jaws and point inside their mouths.

12. What does the Minister tell Elena was "a wicked lie in the foreign press" (2)?
(a) That they were unprepared.
(b) That the Minister was running away.
(c) That the Minister refused to send aid.
(d) That they set the storm in motion.

13. 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) The Peace Corps.
(c) Red Cross.
(d) Office of the Prime Minister.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who could Elena be "easily mistaken" (3) for as the Minister holds her while his driver waits for him?

2. 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?

3. How long had it been since the Minister had left the house when he leaves with Ari?

4. In addition to the crowd, what other people are at the church where the Minister stops to urinate?

5. Who is the author of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?

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