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

2. What does Mr. Aitch’s driver do when Makina takes out the package?
(a) Takes it and keeps it.
(b) Refuses to take it.
(c) Takes it to a man in a market.
(d) Throws it away.

3. Who are the men in the black car waiting for Makina?
(a) Cops.
(b) Mr. P’s men.
(c) Thieves.
(d) Coyotes.

4. What time of day is it when Chucho leaves Makina?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Noon.

5. What does Makina’s brother say made him confident about taking this job?
(a) It would hide the shame of having been duped about the land.
(b) The military was the most powerful in the world, and it would bring him back safe.
(c) The amount of money would be life-changing if he got it.
(d) Dying in a foreign land wasn’t any worse than starving or being beaten in this one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first soldier Makina meets doing when she asks for her brother?

2. What is Makina’s job at home?

3. When someone from Makina’s town struck it rich and came back, how did he try to impress Makina?

4. What does the narrator say it feels like like to be around Cora?

5. How does Makina describe her reaction to this place?

(see the answer key)

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