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

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

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

4. What useless thing does Ari tell the Minister he will not be listening to while they drive?
(a) The radio.
(b) The Minister's wife.
(c) The Minister.
(d) The GPS.

5. Where will the Minister of Interior's driver take him?
(a) The bus station.
(b) His office.
(c) Church.
(d) The airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Elena's gaze compared to at the start of the story?

2. What does the Minister hand to Elena just before leaving with his driver?

3. What does the large group of people outside the municipal building do to indicate their thirst?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. What happens when the minister tries to save a woman from getting hit with a sack of food?

6. What of the Minister and Elena's past does he think of while holding her as she cries?

7. Why is Elena unable to contact her children?

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

9. Who is Elena?

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

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