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

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

3. What does the Minister say to the Marlboro Man when he tries to say the two are similar?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the story's themes?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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