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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) Help his family.
(b) Take him to Paris.
(c) Rebuild their city.
(d) Leave them alone.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

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

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

7. What does the Minister say would happen if the Americans chose to shut off their military satellite system?
(a) All hell would break loose.
(b) Nobody would leave the house.
(c) They would be plunged into darkness.
(d) They would be liberated.

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

9. What does the Minister do "out of habit" (2) when he sees how Elena is suffering?
(a) He multiplies her suffering by the population.
(b) He offers to buy her something nice.
(c) He whistles a happy tune.
(d) He turns away in horror.

10. Who is the first character readers meet at the start of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?
(a) The Marlboro Man.
(b) The Minister of Interior.
(c) Elena.
(d) Ari.

11. What does Elena do after repeating "God is so powerful" (2) to the Minister?
(a) She sobs into her hands.
(b) She calls him a coward for leaving.
(c) She quietly bows and walks out of the room.
(d) She falls to her knees and begs to be saved.

12. What does the Minister hand to Elena just before leaving with his driver?
(a) A dirty towel.
(b) Money.
(c) A ring.
(d) His suits.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Ari do when the man who is grabbing the Minister tells him to back the car up?

5. Where do Elena's children live?

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