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

2. How does Makina characterize the places she arrives at, and keeps going to?
(a) Plastic crowds.
(b) Empty pits.
(c) Teeming cities.
(d) Bleak tundras.

3. What traits make the people’s language in America similar to Makina herself?
(a) Malleability, permeability.
(b) Formlessness, potential.
(c) Intensity, passion.
(d) Durability, obduracy.

4. What does Makina hear as soon as she leaves the army base?
(a) "Don’t leave me!"
(b) "Assume the position!"
(c) "You’re under arrest!"
(d) "Run!"

5. At what time of day does Makina arrive at the address she is looking for?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Midnight.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the man-who-struck-it-rich not have, which kept him from impressing Makina the way he had planned?

4. What kind of machines are working at the place Makina arrives at, which her brother had gone to see?

5. How long does it take for Makina to realize that she has made a mistake in regard to recognizing her brother?

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