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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. Why does the Minister tell Ari to stop when they see a group outside the municipal building?
(a) He wants to bring some of the people with him.
(b) He wants to give them water.
(c) He wants to take a selfie with them.
(d) He wants to make a speech.

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

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

4. What phrase is used to describe the way the Minister believes his household staff will behave once he leaves the house?
(a) Flies on excrement.
(b) Animals in a zoo.
(c) Beasts upon carrion.
(d) Angels in heaven.

5. What "sentence from a previous existence" (2) does the Minister say aloud while alone in his room at the start of the story?
(a) So it goes.
(b) Peace be with you.
(c) God bless us all.
(d) Adios, amigo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elena do after repeating "God is so powerful" (2) to the Minister?

2. What is happening when the Minister gets knocked to the ground outside of the church?

3. What does the Minister attribute to most of the deaths in the south when he discussing the storm with Elena?

4. What does the Minister see "under the wall that had once circled the parade ground" (3) as he and Ari drive past the devastation?

5. What does the Minister appreciate about Elena?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Elena unable to contact her children?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Elena?

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