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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 & Translator's note.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Makina say the people here want?
(a) To die peacefully.
(b) To live as other people.
(c) To live forever.
(d) To make a lot of money.

2. How many times does Makina think she has arrived, only to find out that she has to keep going?
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

3. Who answers the door at the bottom of the stairs where Chucho leaves Makina?
(a) A broken-down old man.
(b) A young mother.
(c) A handsome old woman.
(d) A child.

4. What is Makina nervous about when she travels to the end of the world?
(a) Being disappeared-lost.
(b) Being disoriented-lost.
(c) Being soul-lost.
(d) Being financially-lost.

5. How does Makina’s brother answer when she asks if he got hurt?
(a) He says that he did not get a scratch.
(b) He says that he was wounded once and recovered.
(c) He says that he was only ever grazed lightly by shrapnel or bullets.
(d) He says that he was wounded badly and has never healed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the advantage of a polyglot language, in Makina’s eyes?

2. Who is guarding the door at Mr. Aitch’s place?

3. What does the man at the land her brother had gone to tell Makina was there from the beginning?

4. What does the sign say, over the door at the bottom of the stairs?

5. What does Makina say she wants to do when the man tells her that the family who lived there moved?

(see the answer key)

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