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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the four places with the same name does Makina want?
(a) The one with the tower.
(b) The one with the park.
(c) The one with the canal.
(d) The one with the bridge.

2. How does the narrator describe Makina and her brother’s feelings when they walk out of the office?
(a) Joy.
(b) Relief.
(c) Disbelief.
(d) Disappointment.

3. What does Makina’s brother’s third note say?
(a) "Stop asking if I’m okay."
(b) "I’m going to send money soon."
(c) "I have a job, now."
(d) "Send money, I’m broke."

4. What kind of language do Mexicans speak on the other side?
(a) A futuristic tongue.
(b) An intermediary tongue.
(c) A bastardized tongue.
(d) A purer tongue.

5. What does Makina write on after a cop tells her to do something?
(a) The arrest warrant the cop gave her.
(b) Pages torn out of a poetry book.
(c) The note she meant to take to her brother.
(d) A scrap she caught in the wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Makina think when her acquaintance recognizes her?

2. How did Makina handle the man-who-struck-it-rich's failure?

3. How does Makina describe the cop cars’ progress across the landscape?

4. After crossing the river, what did Makina do in the cabin while the Anglo man is waiting outside?

5. What does the light look like in the sky when Makina arrives at the address?

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