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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 does Makina write on after a cop tells her to do something?
(a) Pages torn out of a poetry book.
(b) The note she meant to take to her brother.
(c) A scrap she caught in the wind.
(d) The arrest warrant the cop gave her.

2. What does Mr. Double-U offer Makina?
(a) A man who will take her to her brother.
(b) A gift for her mother.
(c) A man to transport her across to the other side.
(d) A job for her brother.

3. How many languages does Makina speak?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

4. How does Makina characterize the shift in the people’s language in America?
(a) Assertive.
(b) Nurturing.
(c) Defiant.
(d) Self-defensive.

5. What is Makina seduced by, in the city?
(a) The smells from restaurants.
(b) The powerful policemen.
(c) The colorful buildings.
(d) The sound of musicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Makina characterize the places she arrives at, and keeps going to?

2. What does the woman tell Makina about her brother’s condition when he showed up?

3. What sound does the narrator say the earth makes when the sinkhole opens?

4. What pose does the man in the truck assume, after Makina surprises him?

5. What did Makina’s brother eat until he recovered after discovering there was nothing at the land he had gone to see?

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