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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What author does the Minister recall he and the Prime Minister reading in their youth?
(a) Fitzgerald.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Salinger.
(d) Vonnegut.

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

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

6. 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) Ari.
(c) The crowd.
(d) The Marlboro Man.

7. What does the Minister do when the Marlboro Man says, "You, too, are by brother" (12)?
(a) He yells the same phrase back at the man.
(b) He ignores the man and says nothing.
(c) He waves to the man.
(d) He tells his aide to arrest him.

8. What does the Minister say to the Marlboro Man when he tries to say the two are similar?
(a) The Minister says that the Man is far more noble than he is.
(b) The Minister says that he should have been arrested with the man.
(c) He agrees with him.
(d) He tells him he is insane.

9. How does the Minister know the man in the car is not from the Red Cross?
(a) He does not have a Red Cross I.D.
(b) The Red Cross no longer exists.
(c) His uniform is not a Red Cross uniform.
(d) The man told him he is not from the Red Cross.

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

11. What does the man tell the Minister is different about both of them from their younger days?
(a) They are far more educated.
(b) Their bellies are bigger.
(c) Their hair is shorter.
(d) They have much more money.

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

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

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

15. Where does the man who got into the car with the Minister tell him he wants to go?
(a) To a hotel.
(b) To church.
(c) To a cafe.
(d) To the airport.

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 the Minister tell the Marlboro Man will happen to him once they reach the airport?

3. What does the Marlboro Man say he helped build?

4. 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)?

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

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