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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is guarding Mr. Double-U?
(a) Goons with guns.
(b) A black man with a badge.
(c) A boy Makina has had relations with.
(d) A solitary silent man.

2. What does Makina tell her younger sister about men who have filthy mouths?
(a) That they are usually afraid.
(b) That they might have powerful friends.
(c) That they can still be fragile.
(d) That they are the most dangerous.

3. How many languages does Makina speak?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. What does Makina say to herself when the ground lurches, at the beginning of the book?
(a) "This isn’t happening."
(b) "I’m not going to die here."
(c) "I’m dead."
(d) "Here it comes."

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Aitch ask Makina to deliver to Mr. P.?

2. What does Makina drink with Mr. Q?

3. What is it about Makina’s boyfriend’s behavior that inspires respect in her?

4. What does Makina say Mr. Q has never been known to do?

5. Which of these things does the sinkhole swallow?

(see the answer key)

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