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

2. How old is the Minister of Interior?
(a) Late 70s.
(b) Late 30s.
(c) Mid-60s.
(d) Early 50s.

3. What does the Minister realize as a group of aids guide him down the tarmac?
(a) He did not say goodbye to Ari.
(b) He set the Marlboro Man free.
(c) He forgot his suitcase.
(d) He does not want to see his wife.

4. What does the Minister say to the man after he has pulled him into the car with Ari?
(a) He tells him he looks familiar.
(b) He thanks him for his help.
(c) He tells him he made a grave error.
(d) He introduces him to Ari.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What types of tales did Elena tell the Minister's children when they were young?

3. How are Ari and the man described as the Minister thinks of being stuck in the car with them "on the way to his own execution" (7)?

4. What does the Marlboro Man do when they approach a checkpoint near the airport?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the Minister say happens to all ungrateful children in the end?

8. 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?

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

10. Why does the man nudge the Minister as they pass a reservoir and asks if he has anything to say?

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