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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the Minister and Elena related?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Husband and wife.
(c) The Minister is her uncle.
(d) Distant cousins.

2. Who appears in the doorway as Elena weeps before the Minister?
(a) The Minister's wife.
(b) The Prime Minister.
(c) A gunman.
(d) Ari.

3. Of what does the Minister's favorite painting remind him?
(a) His ancestral village.
(b) His children.
(c) His vacation home.
(d) His wedding day.

4. How old is the Minister's youngest daughter?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 25.

5. Where will the Minister of Interior's driver take him?
(a) Church.
(b) His office.
(c) The airport.
(d) The bus station.

6. What does Ari tell the Minister will happen if they stop the car a second time while on the way to the airport?
(a) Someone will steal the car.
(b) The car might run out of gas.
(c) Someone will slit his throat.
(d) He will walk out and the Minister will be on his own.

7. Where does the man who helps the Minister to his feet say he is from as he tries to help him through the crowd?
(a) Office of the Prime Minister.
(b) Red Cross.
(c) The Peace Corps.
(d) The U.S. Army.

8. What does Elena twist in her hands as she talks to the Minister?
(a) Rosary beads.
(b) A stuffed bear.
(c) A dirty rag.
(d) Her apron.

9. What does Elena do after repeating "God is so powerful" (2) to the Minister?
(a) She quietly bows and walks out of the room.
(b) She falls to her knees and begs to be saved.
(c) She sobs into her hands.
(d) She calls him a coward for leaving.

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

11. What phrase does the Minister repeat to Elena when she enters the room at the start of the story?
(a) Those were the days.
(b) Tragedy ensues.
(c) Good times.
(d) Difficult days.

12. Who could Elena be "easily mistaken" (3) for as the Minister holds her while his driver waits for him?
(a) The Minister's mother.
(b) The Minister's sister.
(c) The Minister's daughter.
(d) The Minister's wife.

13. What is the Minister of Interior's driver's name?
(a) Elena.
(b) Elvis.
(c) Ari.
(d) Al.

14. Who is the first character readers meet at the start of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?
(a) Ari.
(b) The Minister of Interior.
(c) The Marlboro Man.
(d) Elena.

15. In addition to the crowd, what other people are at the church where the Minister stops to urinate?
(a) The Minister's family.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Medics.
(d) TV news crews.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had it been since the Minister had left the house when he leaves with Ari?

2. What happens when the Minister hands money to a man in the crowd at the municipal building?

3. What does the Minister call Elena?

4. What does the Minister realize has happened to him when the man lifts him up amidst the crowd outside the church?

5. Why does the Minister ask Ari to stop the car a second time despite having told him he would not do so again?

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