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

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

3. What is the Minister of Interior's driver's name?
(a) Ari.
(b) Al.
(c) Elena.
(d) Elvis.

4. Why was the devastation outside unsurprising to the Minister when he first left his house with Ari?
(a) He had sneaked out of his house to look at it one night.
(b) He had seen it on the news.
(c) He watched it on the city's closed circuit television.
(d) He had been getting daily briefings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does the Minister repeat to Elena when she enters the room at the start of the story?

2. What word does the Minister use when describing "these weather events" (2) to Elena?

3. What does the Minister call Elena?

4. What does the Minister do in the back of the car as he passes the devastation from the storm?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Elena?

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

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

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

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

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