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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 she wants to do when the man tells her that the family who lived there moved?
(a) Go home.
(b) Hang herself from a lamp post.
(c) Go to Europe.
(d) Kill someone.

2. Who tells Makina to go clean up before she gives anyone the package?
(a) The boy from the bus.
(b) An old man at a flower shop.
(c) An old woman in a restaurant.
(d) Mr. Aitch’s driver.

3. What does Makina say her countrymen are armed with?
(a) Knives.
(b) Guns.
(c) Work.
(d) Connections to top dogs.

4. What does the family do when Makina’s brother returns?
(a) Accuse him of identity theft.
(b) Adopt him into the family formally.
(c) Leave town and reinvent themselves.
(d) Make arrangements to send him to school.

5. Where does Makina hear a voice she recognizes?
(a) In the abyss.
(b) In the marketplace.
(c) On the bus.
(d) In a restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say had happened to whatever had been in this place previously?

2. Who answers the door at the bottom of the stairs where Chucho leaves Makina?

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

4. What food has Makina brought with her?

5. How does Makina’s gunshot wound feel when she washes up?

(see the answer key)

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