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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Chucho tell Makina the pickup is, that will take her she wants to go?
(a) Just up the road.
(b) In a long valley.
(c) At a ranch.
(d) On the other side of a mountain.

2. What does Makina say to herself when the ground lurches, at the beginning of the book?
(a) "I’m not going to die here."
(b) "Here it comes."
(c) "I’m dead."
(d) "This isn’t happening."

3. What does Makina drink with Mr. Q?
(a) Beer.
(b) Pulque.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coffee.

4. What does Chucho tell Makina about the rancher who stops them?
(a) That he will sell them as slaves if he can.
(b) That he is one of the people who think they are above the law.
(c) That he has a business reporting immigrants.
(d) That he will get paid for their scalps.

5. What is Makina nervous about when she travels to the end of the world?
(a) Being soul-lost.
(b) Being financially-lost.
(c) Being disoriented-lost.
(d) Being disappeared-lost.

6. Why does Makina feel guilty about making her trip?
(a) For leaving her switchboard.
(b) For not having money to pay her way.
(c) For having left her mother.
(d) For needing so much help.

7. What does Makina see as a good omen, when she gets across the river?
(a) A pregnant woman’s belly.
(b) A bird overhead.
(c) Cars coming up the road.
(d) The sun breaking through.

8. What is the weather like in the mountains?
(a) Rain makes the road muddy.
(b) The mist is too thick to see.
(c) The sun is crushingly hot.
(d) It starts to snow.

9. What does the narrator say it feels like like to be around Cora?
(a) Sitting on her lap.
(b) Being a child again.
(c) Being lost.
(d) Having your thoughts a million miles away.

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

11. What color paint dominates the city Makina gets to after passing through the mountains?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) Orange.
(d) Yellow.

12. How did Makina handle the man-who-struck-it-rich's failure?
(a) She called the police to have him taken away.
(b) She called his mother and asked her to come get him.
(c) She kissed him on the cheek and wished him better luck next time.
(d) She laughed at him contemptuously in front of his friends.

13. What is it about Makina’s boyfriend’s behavior that inspires respect in her?
(a) His restraint.
(b) His adoration.
(c) His devotion.
(d) His patience.

14. How does Makina describe Mr. Aitch?
(a) A reptile in pants.
(b) A filthy pig.
(c) An old dinosaur.
(d) A strutting peacock.

15. How are Makina’s countrymen different here?
(a) More begging.
(b) More singing.
(c) Less restraint.
(d) Less whistling.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Makina first meet Mr. Double-U?

2. What does Makina say is a "slippery bitch" (11)?

3. Why does Makina not react immediately when the boy harasses her?

4. After crossing the river, what did Makina do in the cabin while the Anglo man is waiting outside?

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

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