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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 does the Marlboro Man tell the Minister he is a student of?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Human nature.
(d) History.

2. Who is screaming the Minister's name as he walks down the tarmac with his aides at the end of the story?
(a) The crowd.
(b) The Marlboro Man.
(c) Ari.
(d) His wife.

3. How long has the Marlboro Man been in prison before he is able to escape?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 15 years.

4. Who does the man say gave him the nickname The Marlboro Man?
(a) The Minister's wife.
(b) The Minister of Interior.
(c) The Prime Minister.
(d) Elena.

5. What does the Minister say to the Marlboro Man when he tries to say the two are similar?
(a) He agrees with him.
(b) The Minister says that he should have been arrested with the man.
(c) He tells him he is insane.
(d) The Minister says that the Man is far more noble than he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing the Prime Minister reads in the present?

2. What does the man tell Ari he gave up long ago?

3. What author does the Minister recall he and the Prime Minister reading in their youth?

4. What does the Minister say to the man after he has pulled him into the car with Ari?

5. What word does the Marlboro Man use to describe the Prime Minister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about what someone yells from the crowd, which catches the Minister's ear?

2. How does the Minister react when he sees the Marlboro Man yelling to him, "You, too, are my brother" (11)? What happens as a result?

3. What does the Minister note about the way Ari pleads with the Marlboro Man?

4. What does the Minister recall he and the Prime Minister doing to “young thugs” from surrounding villages for their efforts?

5. Why does the Marlboro Man suggest to the Minister the storm was good luck for him?

6. Who does the man tell the Minister had given him the nickname The Marlboro Man?

7. Why does the Marlboro Man say he wants to be dropped off near women at the airport?

8. What does the Minister tell Ari when he and the man are in the car?

9. What happens at the very end of the story just before the Minister gets on the plane?

10. How long has the Marlboro Man been in jail? How did he get out?

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