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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After crossing the river, what did Makina do in the cabin while the Anglo man is waiting outside?
(a) Dispose of possessions that would encumber her.
(b) Abandon her backpack.
(c) Change out of her wet clothes.
(d) Write a note home.

2. Why does Makina pack light?
(a) She knows the top dogs’ men will take care of her.
(b) She knows people along the way.
(c) She is planning to come right back.
(d) She is planning to start a new life on the other side.

3. Which of these things does the sinkhole swallow?
(a) A flock of geese.
(b) A house and camper.
(c) Screams of passersby.
(d) The noonday sunshine.

4. What does Makina say is called for, when she refuses the pulque the bartender brings out?
(a) Insults.
(b) Contrition.
(c) Negotiation.
(d) Insolence.

5. How does Makina say Mr. P’s men look?
(a) Light-hearted and joyful.
(b) Competitive and mean.
(c) Bored and violent.
(d) Deadly serious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Makina seduced by, in the city?

2. What did the man-who-struck-it-rich not have, which kept him from impressing Makina the way he had planned?

3. What does Makina tell her younger sister about men who have filthy mouths?

4. What does Makina say her countrymen are armed with?

5. How does Makina avoid being drowned when their inner tube flips in the river?

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