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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Makina hear a voice she recognizes?
(a) In a restaurant.
(b) In the abyss.
(c) On the bus.
(d) In the marketplace.

2. What do the signs say, that Makina sees in the city after passing through the mountains?
(a) They educate the citizens.
(b) They give directions.
(c) They prohibit things.
(d) They warn against danger.

3. Which of the four places with the same name does Makina want?
(a) The one with the bridge.
(b) The one with the canal.
(c) The one with the tower.
(d) The one with the park.

4. What has the sinkhole already swallowed?
(a) An office park.
(b) A shopping center.
(c) A soccer pitch.
(d) A chicken farm.

5. What does Makina’s brother say typically initiated periods of activity for him and his fellow soldiers?
(a) A bomb would be thrown into the compound.
(b) One of his homeys would be shot.
(c) A higher-up would decide it was time for a campaign.
(d) There was no regularity to the periods of activity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What traits make the people’s language in America similar to Makina herself?

3. Which of these things does the sinkhole swallow?

4. How many times does Makina think she has arrived, only to find out that she has to keep going?

5. Where is Makina, in her dream, when she is evicted from the ATM booth?

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