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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 begins to happen just as the Minister reaches his plane at the end of the story?
(a) It starts to rain.
(b) The plane begin to take off before the Minister gets on it.
(c) The airport floods.
(d) It starts to snow.

2. What does the Marlboro Man tell the Minister that the Prime Minister, whom he says took all the glory, really was?
(a) A conniving thug.
(b) A schmuck.
(c) A sly fox.
(d) Just a pretty face.

3. What types of tales did Elena tell the Minister's children when they were young?
(a) Tales of Jesus as a young man.
(b) Tales of elves and fairies.
(c) Tales of the apocalypse.
(d) Tales of the Devil as a young man.

4. What weapon does the man who said he was Red Cross use to frighten Ari?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A club.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

5. What does the Marlboro Man say he helped build?
(a) The airport.
(b) The church.
(c) The municipal building.
(d) The Minister's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Minister do when the Marlboro Man says, "You, too, are by brother" (12)?

2. How old is the Minister of Interior?

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

4. What does the Minister say to the Marlboro Man when he tries to say the two are similar?

5. Who is screaming the Minister's name as he walks down the tarmac with his aides at the end of the story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the man in the car threaten Ari? How does Ari react?

3. Why does the Marlboro Man say he wants to go to the airport?

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

5. 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?

6. In what way does the Marlboro Man say the Minister of Interior and the Prime Minister differ?

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

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

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

10. What does the Minister do when the Marlboro Man exits the car and enters the airport crowd? How does he feel about this?

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