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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is guarding Mr. Double-U?
(a) Goons with guns.
(b) A boy Makina has had relations with.
(c) A solitary silent man.
(d) A black man with a badge.

2. What sound does the narrator say the earth makes when the sinkhole opens?
(a) A loud roar.
(b) A quiet pop.
(c) A silent sucking.
(d) A dull groan.

3. What does Mr. Aitch ask Makina to deliver to Mr. P.?
(a) A note.
(b) A small bundle.
(c) A sealed box.
(d) A check.

4. What does the narrator say affected Makina for the first time with this sinkhole?
(a) Industrial accidents.
(b) The prophecies about the end of the world.
(c) Grief over her losses.
(d) The earth’s insanity.

5. How does Makina travel to the bus station?
(a) By taxi.
(b) By horse.
(c) Underground.
(d) On foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Makina say to herself when the ground lurches, at the beginning of the book?

2. How does Makina’s gunshot wound feel when she washes up?

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

4. How does Makina say the people in the anglogaggle react to the machines at the self-checkout?

5. What does Makina say is called for, when she refuses the pulque the bartender brings out?

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