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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the "decades-old failed public-works project" (7) that Ari drives past with the Minister and the man in the car?

2. What begins to happen just as the Minister reaches his plane at the end of the story?

3. Why was the Marlboro Man given that nickname?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two characters and discuss their similarities and differences.

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the story. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the protagonist of the story? Compare his role in the story to definitions of protagonists.

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