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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 pose does the man in the truck assume, after Makina surprises him?
(a) Hard-boiled slouch.
(b) Anxious jittering.
(c) Looming bullying.
(d) Nonchalant repose.

2. What does Makina write?
(a) A lecture.
(b) A jeremiad.
(c) A tirade.
(d) A plea.

3. Makina says that the language she hears in the U.S. contains both ancient memory and what other trait?
(a) The meanings of a generation yet to be born.
(b) The losses of the present generation.
(c) The wonderment of a new people.
(d) The fear of the culture that is already replacing that ancient world.

4. 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) On the other side of a mountain.
(d) At a ranch.

5. How long does it take for Makina to realize that she has made a mistake in regard to recognizing her brother?
(a) A moment.
(b) A minute.
(c) Ten minutes.
(d) A few minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Makina’s brother not answer this person's question?

2. What do the signs say, that Makina sees in the city after passing through the mountains?

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

4. What does the narrator say had happened to whatever had been in this place previously?

5. How does Makina say the people look when they leave the supermarket and return to the street?

(see the answer key)

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