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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What pose does the man in the truck assume, after Makina surprises him?
(a) Anxious jittering.
(b) Looming bullying.
(c) Nonchalant repose.
(d) Hard-boiled slouch.

3. What role had Mr. Aitch played in Makina’s brother’s departure?
(a) He sent him into exile.
(b) He sent him away.
(c) He told him where to go.
(d) He captured him and took him away for a job.

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

5. How does Makina say the people in the anglogaggle react to the machines at the self-checkout?
(a) They are shocked by the bleeping.
(b) They act as if the machines are people.
(c) They struggle to hide the fact that they are interacting with robots.
(d) They seem drugged by the voices.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like in the mountains?

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

3. What does Makina say is called for, when she refuses the pulque the bartender brings out?

4. What does the narrator say affected Makina for the first time with this sinkhole?

5. Why does Makina pack light?

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