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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the man-who-struck-it-rich not have, which kept him from impressing Makina the way he had planned?
(a) Friends to confirm his experiences.
(b) Evidence of his travels.
(c) Cell towers.
(d) His wallet.

2. What is Makina’s brother told he will be doing, by taking this job?
(a) Saving his country.
(b) Earning his keep.
(c) Assuring his immortality.
(d) Saving a family.

3. What traits make the people’s language in America similar to Makina herself?
(a) Formlessness, potential.
(b) Durability, obduracy.
(c) Intensity, passion.
(d) Malleability, permeability.

4. What does Makina’s brother’s second note say?
(a) "I’m fine, I have a job."
(b) "Send money so I can come home."
(c) "I’m going to send money with my next letter."
(d) "I’m in danger, help."

5. What does Makina see as a good omen, when she gets across the river?
(a) A bird overhead.
(b) A pregnant woman’s belly.
(c) Cars coming up the road.
(d) The sun breaking through.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Makina pack light?

2. Who offered Makina’s brother a job?

3. Why did Makina go into the ATM booth?

4. What language is the Latin tongue, in Makina’s view?

5. What does the old man say the point of baseball is?

(see the answer key)

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