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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the Minister's wife described when discussing her first pregnancy?
(a) Honest and hard working.
(b) Difficult and pampered.
(c) Tranquil and humorous.
(d) Irritable and contentious.

2. 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) Ari is afraid the car will get hijacked.
(c) Ari seems someone in the crowd he dislikes.
(d) The Minister will miss his plane.

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

4. What does the Minister tell Elena he will do once settled with his wife and family?
(a) FaceTime her.
(b) Send her final paycheck.
(c) Send for her.
(d) Write to her.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is happening when the Minister gets knocked to the ground outside of the church?

3. What "sentence from a previous existence" (2) does the Minister say aloud while alone in his room at the start of the story?

4. In addition to the crowd, what other people are at the church where the Minister stops to urinate?

5. What word does the Minister use when describing "these weather events" (2) to Elena?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Minister lose his shoe when he exits the vehicle to give the people outside the municipal building water?

2. What of the Minister and Elena's past does he think of while holding her as she cries?

3. Describe the room the Minister is in at the start of the story. Why is it like this?

4. What does the Minister think of when he looks at Elena's body and face?

5. Who is Elena?

6. Who helps the Minister to his feet when he falls amidst the crowd outside the church? What does the Minister find suspect about this person?

7. Why does the Minister feel he must give money to the man who begs him to helps his family?

8. Why is Elena unable to contact her children?

9. What example does the Minister use to who what he believes is wrong with "the Christ doctrine" (4)?

10. Where does Ari stop for the Minister when he has to use the bathroom? Who else is there?

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