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

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

3. What does the Minister realize has happened to him when the man lifts him up amidst the crowd outside the church?
(a) He urinated himself.
(b) He has gone blind.
(c) Ari left him.
(d) He has broken his elbow.

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

5. What do readers learn of the Minister and Elena's past as he holds the crying woman?
(a) They had been schoolmates.
(b) They used to despise on another.
(c) They had once been married.
(d) They had had an affair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who could Elena be "easily mistaken" (3) for as the Minister holds her while his driver waits for him?

3. In addition to the crowd, what other people are at the church where the Minister stops to urinate?

4. Of what does the Minister's favorite painting remind him?

5. Who is the first character readers meet at the start of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Elena?

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

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

9. Why is Elena unable to contact her children?

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

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