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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) Irritable and contentious.
(b) Honest and hard working.
(c) Difficult and pampered.
(d) Tranquil and humorous.

2. 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) Good times.
(c) Tragedy ensues.
(d) Difficult days.

3. What does the Minister attribute to most of the deaths in the south when he discussing the storm with Elena?
(a) Suicides.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Suffocation.
(d) Drownings.

4. Where are the Minister's wife and children waiting for him?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Rome.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Minister tell Ari to stop the second time while they are heading to the airport?

2. What does the crowd do when the Minister begins to remove the crates of water from his trunk?

3. What does the Minister tell Elena he will do once settled with his wife and family?

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

5. What does the Minister appreciate about Elena?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is the Minister's wife trying to turn the present crisis into an opportunity?

2. Why is Ari unable to rely on the GPS to get them to the airport?

3. Why is Elena unable to contact her children?

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

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

6. What is the Minister trying to choose at the start of the story?

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

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

9. What happens when the minister tries to save a woman from getting hit with a sack of food?

10. Who is Elena?

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