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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Elena's gaze compared to at the start of the story?
(a) Paintings of noble women.
(b) Newsreel of starving children in war torn countries.
(c) Portraits of heroic peasants.
(d) Images of ruthless soldiers.

2. What word does the Minister use when describing "these weather events" (2) to Elena?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Dazzling.
(c) Disastrous.
(d) Demonic.

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

4. 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) The door is jammed.
(b) His hand is too weak.
(c) The child safety lock is on.
(d) A large group of people block the door.

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

6. 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) Red Cross.
(b) Office of the Prime Minister.
(c) The Peace Corps.
(d) The U.S. Army.

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

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

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

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

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) Someone will slit his throat.
(b) The car might run out of gas.
(c) He will walk out and the Minister will be on his own.
(d) Someone will steal the car.

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

13. 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 has gone blind.
(d) He urinated himself.

14. What phrase is used to describe the way the suits are laid out at the start of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?
(a) Ladies in waiting.
(b) Fallen leaves.
(c) Wind scattered petals.
(d) Corpses in a pile.

15. What is the Minister sure the household staff will do once he leaves the house?
(a) Raid his packed boxes.
(b) Clean the house.
(c) Throw a party.
(d) Trash the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the Minister hands money to a man in the crowd at the municipal building?

2. What does the Minister note about Elena as they speak at the start of the story?

3. Why does Ari protest against the Minister's suggestion they stop when they encounter people outside the municipal building?

4. Where does the Minister tell Ari to stop the second time while they are heading to the airport?

5. Why does the Minister ask Ari to stop the car a second time despite having told him he would not do so again?

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