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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Minister hand to Elena just before leaving with his driver?
(a) His suits.
(b) Money.
(c) A dirty towel.
(d) A ring.

2. What happens when the Minister hands money to a man in the crowd at the municipal building?
(a) The man divides the money among the crowd.
(b) The man falls to his knees and thanks the Minister.
(c) A little girl steals it from the man.
(d) The man asks the Minister for more.

3. The Minister thinks Elena's "pious sincerity" is "as much a memento of his village" (2) as what?
(a) Morning prayer and porridge.
(b) Clay pots and braided rugs.
(c) Fresh fruit and bare feet.
(d) Woven reed baskets and colored shawls.

4. What does the crowd do when the Minister begins to remove the crates of water from his trunk?
(a) They stand in single file waiting their turn.
(b) They organize the crowd so women and children are served first.
(c) They tell the Minister that is not enough and to bring more.
(d) They knock him down and grab the crates.

5. 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) The U.S. Army.
(b) The Peace Corps.
(c) Office of the Prime Minister.
(d) Red Cross.

6. What does man ask the Minister to do when he first arrives at the municipal building?
(a) Rebuild their city.
(b) Take him to Paris.
(c) Leave them alone.
(d) Help his family.

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

8. Why was the devastation outside unsurprising to the Minister when he first left his house with Ari?
(a) He watched it on the city's closed circuit television.
(b) He had sneaked out of his house to look at it one night.
(c) He had been getting daily briefings.
(d) He had seen it on the news.

9. Who is the author of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?
(a) Sadie Jones.
(b) Stella Zaentz.
(c) Zadie Smith.
(d) Zelda Sears.

10. What word does the Minister use when describing "these weather events" (2) to Elena?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Demonic.
(c) Disastrous.
(d) Dazzling.

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

12. Which type of religious person does the Minister say will agonize over what a beggar might do with his money rather than just giving it to him?
(a) Christian.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Jew.
(d) Buddhist.

13. What does the large group of people outside the municipal building do to indicate their thirst?
(a) Drop their jaws and point inside their mouths.
(b) Mimic drinking from a glass.
(c) Stick out their tongues and pant.
(d) Pat their hands on their throats.

14. 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 slit his throat.
(b) The car might run out of gas.
(c) He will walk out and the Minister will be on his own.
(d) Someone will steal the car.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does the Minister repeat to Elena when she enters the room at the start of the story?

2. Who is the first character readers meet at the start of "Moonlit Landscape with Bridge"?

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

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

5. What does the Minister say to Ari about his generation when he wants Ari to stop for the people outside the municipal building?

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