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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. How are the Minister and Elena related?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) The Minister is her uncle.
(c) Distant cousins.
(d) Husband and wife.

2. What word does the Minister use when describing "these weather events" (2) to Elena?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Disastrous.
(c) Dazzling.
(d) Demonic.

3. How is the Minister's wife described when discussing her first pregnancy?
(a) Irritable and contentious.
(b) Honest and hard working.
(c) Tranquil and humorous.
(d) Difficult and pampered.

4. The Minister thinks Elena's "pious sincerity" is "as much a memento of his village" (2) as what?
(a) Fresh fruit and bare feet.
(b) Woven reed baskets and colored shawls.
(c) Clay pots and braided rugs.
(d) Morning prayer and porridge.

5. Why is the Minister unable to get out of the car when Ari stops it outside the municipal building where a crowd has gathered?
(a) His hand is too weak.
(b) A large group of people block the door.
(c) The child safety lock is on.
(d) The door is jammed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Minister do "out of habit" (2) when he sees how Elena is suffering?

2. What phrase is used to describe the way the suits are laid out at the start of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?

3. What does the Minister appreciate about Elena?

4. Who is the author of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?

5. What does the Minister tell Elena was "a wicked lie in the foreign press" (2)?

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

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

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 is the Minister trying to choose at the start of the story?

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

8. Why is Elena unable to contact her children?

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

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

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