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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Makina first meet Mr. Double-U?
(a) When he was in hiding.
(b) When he was in prison.
(c) When he presided over a public festival.
(d) When he was a guest in her house.

3. The thing Makina sees once she is across the rive is not, in fact, a good omen: What is it?
(a) A storm coming.
(b) Police coming to arrest her.
(c) A swollen corpse.
(d) A vulture circling.

4. What do the signs say, that Makina sees in the city after passing through the mountains?
(a) They educate the citizens.
(b) They give directions.
(c) They warn against danger.
(d) They prohibit things.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. P patting while he talks with Makina?

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

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

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

5. How many languages does Makina speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cora send Makina to talk to the top dogs?

2. How does Mr. P. help Makina in her quest?

3. What is Makina’s trip through the mountains like?

4. What is Makina’s impression of the people she sees in the city?

5. What makes Makina impatient to finish the errand her mother has given her?

6. What kind of omen does Makina think she sees in the beginning of Chapter 3?

7. What is Makina’s river crossing like?

8. What has Makina brought with her on her trip to the other side?

9. What slang does Makina use, and what is its effect?

10. Who is Makina?

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