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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. P patting while he talks with Makina?
(a) A stack of money.
(b) His heart.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

2. It is one thing to make exceptions, Makina says, but it is another to do what?
(a) Change the rules.
(b) Break the rules.
(c) Ignore the rules.
(d) Reinvent the rules.

3. What does Mr. P offer Makina?
(a) Money.
(b) A job.
(c) A place to stay.
(d) Protection.

4. What has the sinkhole already swallowed?
(a) A chicken farm.
(b) An office park.
(c) A soccer pitch.
(d) A shopping center.

5. What does Makina say is called for, when she refuses the pulque the bartender brings out?
(a) Negotiation.
(b) Insolence.
(c) Insults.
(d) Contrition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Makina pack light?

2. What does Makina’s brother’s second note say?

3. Where is Makina shot by the Anglo rancher?

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

5. What is Makina’s job at home?

(see the answer key)

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