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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Makina describe the cop cars’ progress across the landscape?
(a) Ricocheting.
(b) Haring.
(c) Bouncing.
(d) Lumbering.

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

3. What food has Makina brought with her?
(a) Goat cheese.
(b) Tamales.
(c) Peanut brittle.
(d) Fry bread.

4. How does Makina say Mr. P’s men look?
(a) Bored and violent.
(b) Competitive and mean.
(c) Deadly serious.
(d) Light-hearted and joyful.

5. What did Makina help Mr. Q with a few years ago?
(a) Mayoral politics.
(b) Recovering his money.
(c) Hiding him from his enemies.
(d) Getting him elected.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Mr. P patting while he talks with Makina?

3. What does Makina say to herself when the ground lurches, at the beginning of the book?

4. What pose does the man in the truck assume, after Makina surprises him?

5. Where is Makina shot by the Anglo rancher?

(see the answer key)

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