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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 & Translator's note.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Makina not react immediately when the boy harasses her?
(a) She is not used to being treated this way.
(b) She knows Mr. Aitch will be angry.
(c) She is afraid of him.
(d) She does not want to make a scene.

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

3. Who offered Makina’s brother a job?
(a) An Anglo woman.
(b) An excavator.
(c) Mr. P.
(d) An old woman in a restaurant.

4. What does Makina say people are doing when they combine languages?
(a) Marrying cultures.
(b) Returning to their roots.
(c) Re-domesticating human experience.
(d) Making the world happen anew.

5. What did Makina’s brother expect to get in return for taking this person’s place in the army?
(a) A new car.
(b) American citizenship.
(c) A large sum of money.
(d) A plot of land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the person at the bottom of the stairs wearing?

2. What does Makina say Mr. Q has never been known to do?

3. How long does it take for Makina to realize that she has made a mistake in regard to recognizing her brother?

4. What does the man at the land her brother had gone to tell Makina was there from the beginning?

5. What gesture does Chucho make when he leaves Makina?

(see the answer key)

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