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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. How does Makina characterize the shift in the people’s language in America?
(a) Defiant.
(b) Self-defensive.
(c) Nurturing.
(d) Assertive.

2. 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 only ever grazed lightly by shrapnel or bullets.
(c) He says that he was wounded once and recovered.
(d) He says that he was wounded badly and has never healed.

3. What does Makina write?
(a) A tirade.
(b) A plea.
(c) A lecture.
(d) A jeremiad.

4. How do the people in the anglogaggle appear to Makina?
(a) Miserable.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Sleepy.
(d) Content.

5. How does Makina’s brother indicate that he wants to leave to talk to her?
(a) He takes her arm.
(b) He tells her let’s go outside.
(c) He walks out and holds the door so she can follow.
(d) He points out the door and follows her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much time elapses before Makina feels better at the end of the story?

3. What does Mr. Aitch’s driver do when Makina takes out the package?

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

5. What does the light look like in the sky when Makina arrives at the address?

(see the answer key)

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