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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "sentence from a previous existence" (2) does the Minister say aloud while alone in his room at the start of the story?
(a) So it goes.
(b) Adios, amigo.
(c) Peace be with you.
(d) God bless us all.

2. What does the Minister appreciate about Elena?
(a) Her intellect.
(b) Her stern nature.
(c) Her sense of humor.
(d) Her simplicity.

3. How long had it been since the Minister had left the house when he leaves with Ari?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 6 hours.

4. What useless thing does Ari tell the Minister he will not be listening to while they drive?
(a) The Minister's wife.
(b) The GPS.
(c) The Minister.
(d) The radio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Minister say would happen if the Americans chose to shut off their military satellite system?

2. What does Elena twist in her hands as she talks to the Minister?

3. What does the Minister see "under the wall that had once circled the parade ground" (3) as he and Ari drive past the devastation?

4. What does the Minister tell Elena was "a wicked lie in the foreign press" (2)?

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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