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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Minister yell out when he arrives on the scene at the municipal building?

2. What does the Minister attribute to most of the deaths in the south when he discussing the storm with Elena?

3. What does Elena do after repeating "God is so powerful" (2) to the Minister?

4. What did the Minister of Interior's wife call the room in which he stands at the start of the story?

5. What does the Minister hand to Elena just before leaving with his driver?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. Why is Elena unable to contact her children?

7. Who is Elena?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Smith of "Moonlit Landscape With Bridge." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the author of "Moonlit Landscape With Bridge." Who is she? What else has she written? How is "Moonlit Landscape With Bridge" similar or different from her other works?

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