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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to the crowd, what other people are at the church where the Minister stops to urinate?
(a) TV news crews.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Medics.
(d) The Minister's family.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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) Barely alive people begging for help.
(b) Pairs of bloated, purple feet.
(c) Decapitated heads.
(d) Hands with fingers cut off.

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

15. 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 wants to get dinner.
(b) He sees another crowd of needy people.
(c) He needs a cup of coffee.
(d) He needs to go to the bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Minister thinks Elena's "pious sincerity" is "as much a memento of his village" (2) as what?

2. What does the Minister yell out when he arrives on the scene at the municipal building?

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

4. What religion does Ari say he follows?

5. What do readers learn of the Minister and Elena's past as he holds the crying woman?

(see the answer keys)

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