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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is screaming the Minister's name as he walks down the tarmac with his aides at the end of the story?
(a) His wife.
(b) The crowd.
(c) The Marlboro Man.
(d) Ari.

2. What does the Marlboro Man do when they approach a checkpoint near the airport?
(a) He holds up a badge.
(b) He holds a knife to Ari's waist.
(c) He squeezes his arm around the Minister.
(d) He pulls a gun out.

3. What does the Minister say to the man after he has pulled him into the car with Ari?
(a) He thanks him for his help.
(b) He tells him he looks familiar.
(c) He tells him he made a grave error.
(d) He introduces him to Ari.

4. What does the Marlboro Man tell the Minister he is a student of?
(a) Human nature.
(b) History.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Agriculture.

5. What types of tales did Elena tell the Minister's children when they were young?
(a) Tales of Jesus as a young man.
(b) Tales of elves and fairies.
(c) Tales of the Devil as a young man.
(d) Tales of the apocalypse.

6. What word does the Marlboro Man use to describe the Prime Minister?
(a) Sissy.
(b) Toughguy.
(c) Snob.
(d) Dimwit.

7. What begins to happen just as the Minister reaches his plane at the end of the story?
(a) The airport floods.
(b) The plane begin to take off before the Minister gets on it.
(c) It starts to rain.
(d) It starts to snow.

8. Why was the Marlboro Man given that nickname?
(a) He used to sell Marlboros from his trunk.
(b) His aunt used to send him Marlboro Reds from America.
(c) He used to steal Marlboros from convenient stores.
(d) He was from a town called Marlboro.

9. Who does the man say gave him the nickname The Marlboro Man?
(a) The Minister's wife.
(b) Elena.
(c) The Prime Minister.
(d) The Minister of Interior.

10. How old is the Minister of Interior?
(a) Mid-60s.
(b) Early 50s.
(c) Late 30s.
(d) Late 70s.

11. What is the only thing the Prime Minister reads in the present?
(a) Facebook posts.
(b) Bank statements.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Emails.

12. 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)?
(a) An intellect and a thug.
(b) A devotee and a sinner.
(c) A lunatic and a coward.
(d) A pragmatist and a rebel.

13. What does the man tell Ari he gave up long ago?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Women.
(c) Killing.
(d) Driving.

14. What does the Minister tell the Marlboro Man will happen to him once they reach the airport?
(a) He will be taken to Paris.
(b) Ari will bring him back to the church.
(c) He will be arrested.
(d) He will be executed.

15. What does the man tell the Minister is disappointing after the Minister says he knows the man will kill them?
(a) That the Minister relies on Ari to help him.
(b) That the Minister was not prepared for the storm.
(c) That the Minister does not recognize the man.
(d) That the Minister is running away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the "decades-old failed public-works project" (7) that Ari drives past with the Minister and the man in the car?

2. What does Ari do as he drives the Minister and the man who got into the car with them?

3. What does Ari repeat over and over as he drives the man and the Minister?

4. How long ago does the Marlboro Man say he was given that nickname?

5. What does the Minister do when the Marlboro Man says, "You, too, are by brother" (12)?

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