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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. What does the Minister recall he and the Prime Minister doing "to young thugs who could not even spell their own names" (10)?

2. What is the only thing the Prime Minister reads in the present?

3. How long ago does the Marlboro Man say he was given that nickname?

4. How old is the Minister of Interior?

5. What does the man tell the Minister is different about both of them from their younger days?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance the reservoir has on the story.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the use of dialogue vs the use of description. Look at how each is used in the story and what makes these uses effective or ineffective.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the imagery used in "Moonlit Landscape With Bridge." Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.

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