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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 word does the Marlboro Man use to describe the Prime Minister?

2. 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)?

3. What does Ari repeat over and over as he drives the man and the Minister?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Choose two characters and discuss their similarities and differences.

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