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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After crossing the river, what did Makina do in the cabin while the Anglo man is waiting outside?
(a) Change out of her wet clothes.
(b) Write a note home.
(c) Abandon her backpack.
(d) Dispose of possessions that would encumber her.

2. How does Makina say the people look when they leave the supermarket and return to the street?
(a) Blithe.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Joyous.
(d) Wooden.

3. Why does Makina pack light?
(a) She knows people along the way.
(b) She is planning to come right back.
(c) She is planning to start a new life on the other side.
(d) She knows the top dogs’ men will take care of her.

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

5. What does Makina drink with Mr. Q?
(a) Tea.
(b) Pulque.
(c) Beer.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Makina seduced by, in the city?

2. Where does Makina find Mr. Double-U?

3. What does Makina feel as she makes her way through the mountains?

4. What sound does the narrator say the earth makes when the sinkhole opens?

5. What does the narrator say it feels like like to be around Cora?

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