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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 food has Makina brought with her?
(a) Fry bread.
(b) Peanut brittle.
(c) Tamales.
(d) Goat cheese.

2. What does Makina’s brother say typically initiated periods of activity for him and his fellow soldiers?
(a) A higher-up would decide it was time for a campaign.
(b) There was no regularity to the periods of activity.
(c) A bomb would be thrown into the compound.
(d) One of his homeys would be shot.

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

4. Which statue does Makina need to look for next?
(a) A general on a horse.
(b) A bear dancing.
(c) A man in a frock coat.
(d) An old man thinking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which direction does Makina have to go, to get to the first suggested place?

2. What does Makina think she will do if she gets bad news at the army base?

3. What has Makina packed in her rucksack?

4. What does Makina say she wants to do when the man tells her that the family who lived there moved?

5. What does Makina’s brother say his experience of war mostly consisted of?

(see the answer key)

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