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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Makina travel to the bus station?
(a) Underground.
(b) On foot.
(c) By horse.
(d) By taxi.

2. What does Makina say Mr. Q has never been known to do?
(a) Raise his voice.
(b) Forgive a debt.
(c) Forget an insult.
(d) Forgive an enemy.

3. What does Makina say is a "slippery bitch" (11)?
(a) The old mine.
(b) The city.
(c) The earth.
(d) The river.

4. How does Makina avoid being drowned when their inner tube flips in the river?
(a) She kicks till she reaches land.
(b) She lashes herself to the inner tube.
(c) She floats on her back.
(d) She stops struggling.

5. What is Makina’s job at home?
(a) She takes care of children.
(b) She runs the local switchboard.
(c) She is a cook.
(d) She is a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say it feels like like to be around Cora?

2. Why does Makina not react immediately when the boy harasses her?

3. What does Makina say to the people who are swallowed by the sinkhole?

4. What shape does the sinkhole take when it is done sinking?

5. How does Makina describe Mr. Aitch?

(see the answer key)

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