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

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

3. What word does the Marlboro Man use to describe the Prime Minister?

4. What does the man tell the Minister is disappointing after the Minister says he knows the man will kill them?

5. 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)?

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 be dropped off near women at the airport?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pick a character from the story and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the author of "Moonlit Landscape With Bridge." Who is she? What else has she written? How is "Moonlit Landscape With Bridge" similar or different from her other works?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay examining the ending of "Moonlit Landscape With Bridge." How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?

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