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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is one thing to make exceptions, Makina says, but it is another to do what?
(a) Break the rules.
(b) Change the rules.
(c) Ignore the rules.
(d) Reinvent the rules.

2. What sound does the narrator say the earth makes when the sinkhole opens?
(a) A loud roar.
(b) A silent sucking.
(c) A quiet pop.
(d) A dull groan.

3. What does the narrator say is brimming in the immigrants’ language?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Patience.
(c) Powerlessness.
(d) Grief.

4. Why had this person joined the army?
(a) On an unexplained impulse.
(b) On a dare.
(c) In a display of masculinity.
(d) In a drunken fit.

5. Where is Makina, in her dream, when she is evicted from the ATM booth?
(a) On top of the eighth hill.
(b) In a cave with her brother.
(c) Back in her home.
(d) In the eighth circle of hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of language do Mexicans speak on the other side?

2. Where does Makina meet Mr. Q?

3. What is Mr. Aitch doing when Makina arrives?

4. Which of these things does the sinkhole swallow?

5. What is Mr. P patting while he talks with Makina?

(see the answer key)

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