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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Speak incessantly to Ari.
(d) Texts his wife that he is on his way.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears in the doorway as Elena weeps before the Minister?

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

3. What useless thing does Ari tell the Minister he will not be listening to while they drive?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ari unable to rely on the GPS to get them to the airport?

2. Where does Ari stop for the Minister when he has to use the bathroom? Who else is there?

3. What example does the Minister use to who what he believes is wrong with "the Christ doctrine" (4)?

4. How does the Minister lose his shoe when he exits the vehicle to give the people outside the municipal building water?

5. In what way is the Minister's wife trying to turn the present crisis into an opportunity?

6. What is the Minister trying to choose at the start of the story?

7. Describe the room the Minister is in at the start of the story. Why is it like this?

8. Who helps the Minister to his feet when he falls amidst the crowd outside the church? What does the Minister find suspect about this person?

9. What does the Minister think of when he looks at Elena's body and face?

10. Why is Elena unable to contact her children?

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