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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 6 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Minister note about Elena as they speak at the start of the story?
(a) She has developed an eye twitch.
(b) She does not make eye contact.
(c) She stutters.
(d) She hunches more than before.

2. Why does the Minister tell Ari to stop when they see a group outside the municipal building?
(a) He wants to make a speech.
(b) He wants to take a selfie with them.
(c) He wants to bring some of the people with him.
(d) He wants to give them water.

3. What does the Minister yell out when he arrives on the scene at the municipal building?
(a) Water!
(b) Join me!
(c) Get away!
(d) I'm here!

4. Why does Ari protest against the Minister's suggestion they stop when they encounter people outside the municipal building?
(a) Ari is afraid the car will get hijacked.
(b) Ari is low on gas.
(c) The Minister will miss his plane.
(d) Ari seems someone in the crowd he dislikes.

5. What do readers learn of the Minister and Elena's past as he holds the crying woman?
(a) They used to despise on another.
(b) They had been schoolmates.
(c) They had once been married.
(d) They had had an affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the Minister and Elena related?

2. What does the Minister attribute to most of the deaths in the south when he discussing the storm with Elena?

3. What does the crowd do when the Minister begins to remove the crates of water from his trunk?

4. What does the Minister call Elena?

5. What phrase is used to describe the way the Minister believes his household staff will behave once he leaves the house?

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