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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 man tell Ari he gave up long ago?
(a) Driving.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Women.
(d) Killing.

2. Why was the Marlboro Man given that nickname?
(a) He was from a town called Marlboro.
(b) He used to steal Marlboros from convenient stores.
(c) His aunt used to send him Marlboro Reds from America.
(d) He used to sell Marlboros from his trunk.

3. What word does the Marlboro Man use to describe the Prime Minister?
(a) Snob.
(b) Sissy.
(c) Dimwit.
(d) Toughguy.

4. What does the Minister tell the Marlboro Man will happen to him once they reach the airport?
(a) He will be arrested.
(b) He will be taken to Paris.
(c) Ari will bring him back to the church.
(d) He will be executed.

5. What does the man tell the Minister is different about both of them from their younger days?
(a) They have much more money.
(b) Their hair is shorter.
(c) Their bellies are bigger.
(d) They are far more educated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ari repeat over and over as he drives the man and the Minister?

2. How long has the Marlboro Man been in prison before he is able to escape?

3. What does the Marlboro Man say he helped build?

4. What weapon does the man who said he was Red Cross use to frighten Ari?

5. Where does the man who got into the car with the Minister tell him he wants to go?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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