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

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

3. How does the Minister know the man in the car is not from the Red Cross?
(a) He does not have a Red Cross I.D.
(b) The man told him he is not from the Red Cross.
(c) The Red Cross no longer exists.
(d) His uniform is not a Red Cross uniform.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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 tell the Minister that the Prime Minister, whom he says took all the glory, really was?

5. What does Ari do as he drives the Minister and the man who got into the car with them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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