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

2. What does Ari do as he drives the Minister and the man who got into the car with them?
(a) Sings to the radio.
(b) Cries.
(c) Stares ahead in silence.
(d) Calls the cops.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What author does the Minister recall he and the Prime Minister reading in their youth?

2. What does the Minister say to the man after he has pulled him into the car with Ari?

3. Why was the Marlboro Man given that nickname?

4. What does the Minister say to the Marlboro Man when he tries to say the two are similar?

5. What types of tales did Elena tell the Minister's children when they were young?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Minister do when the Marlboro Man exits the car and enters the airport crowd? How does he feel about this?

2. How does the man in the car threaten Ari? How does Ari react?

3. What does the Minister note about the way Ari pleads with the Marlboro Man?

4. How does the Minister react when he sees the Marlboro Man yelling to him, "You, too, are my brother" (11)? What happens as a result?

5. Who does the man tell the Minister had given him the nickname The Marlboro Man?

6. In what way does the Marlboro Man say the Minister of Interior and the Prime Minister differ?

7. What does the Minister recall he and the Prime Minister doing to “young thugs” from surrounding villages for their efforts?

8. What does the Minister say happens to all ungrateful children in the end?

9. Why does the Marlboro Man say he wants to go to the airport?

10. Why does the man nudge the Minister as they pass a reservoir and asks if he has anything to say?

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