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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Makina find Mr. Double-U?
(a) In the train station.
(b) In the Turkish baths.
(c) At his restaurant.
(d) In his office.

2. Makina says that the language she hears in the U.S. contains both ancient memory and what other trait?
(a) The fear of the culture that is already replacing that ancient world.
(b) The losses of the present generation.
(c) The meanings of a generation yet to be born.
(d) The wonderment of a new people.

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

4. 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 struggle to hide the fact that they are interacting with robots.
(c) They seem drugged by the voices.
(d) They act as if the machines are people.

5. How did Chucho recognize Makina?
(a) Mt. Aitch described her to him.
(b) He saw her when she was talking to Mr. Aitch.
(c) He already knew her.
(d) He got a photo of her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Makina shot by the Anglo rancher?

2. Where does Makina meet Mr. Aitch?

3. The thing Makina sees once she is across the rive is not, in fact, a good omen: What is it?

4. How does Makina characterize new ways of saying things?

5. What does Makina say is a "slippery bitch" (11)?

(see the answer key)

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