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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What would Makina’s brother keep at the end of the deployment?
(a) The person’s books.
(b) The person’s identity.
(c) The family’s house.
(d) His military gear.

3. What does Makina’s brother say happened after he went to the land?
(a) He got a job and found a house to live in.
(b) He bounced around from ass-kicking to ass-kicking.
(c) He tried to kill himself but only half-heartedly.
(d) He tried to get home but got sick.

4. Where is Makina shot by the Anglo rancher?
(a) In the shoulder.
(b) In the hip.
(c) In the foot.
(d) In the side.

5. What happens when Makina finally arrives at the correct street?
(a) She meets her brother.
(b) No one is there.
(c) There is no such place.
(d) The people there shrug.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Makina feel guilty about making her trip?

2. Who offered Makina’s brother a job?

3. How do the people in the anglogaggle appear to Makina?

4. Who tells Makina to go clean up before she gives anyone the package?

5. Makina says that the language she hears in the U.S. contains both ancient memory and what other trait?

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