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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Makina first meet Mr. Double-U?
(a) When he was in prison.
(b) When he was a guest in her house.
(c) When he was in hiding.
(d) When he presided over a public festival.

2. What does Makina think the folding chairs look like, at the stadium?
(a) Aztec temples.
(b) An obsidian mountain.
(c) Grave stones.
(d) Burial mounds.

3. What does the narrator say affected Makina for the first time with this sinkhole?
(a) The prophecies about the end of the world.
(b) Industrial accidents.
(c) Grief over her losses.
(d) The earth’s insanity.

4. What has Makina packed in her rucksack?
(a) Amulets.
(b) Photos.
(c) A violin.
(d) A flashlight.

5. 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) Mr. Aitch’s driver.
(d) An old woman in a restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Chucho recognize Makina?

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

5. What does Mr. Aitch wait to do, before he gives Makina the thing he wants her to deliver?

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