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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 phrase does the Minister repeat to Elena when she enters the room at the start of the story?
(a) Tragedy ensues.
(b) Difficult days.
(c) Good times.
(d) Those were the days.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Minister of Interior's driver's name?

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

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

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?

5. What phrase is used to describe the way the Minister believes his household staff will behave once he leaves the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Elena unable to contact her children?

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

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

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

5. Why does the Minister feel he must give money to the man who begs him to helps his family?

6. Who is Elena?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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