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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Makina say is a "slippery bitch" (11)?
(a) The earth.
(b) The old mine.
(c) The river.
(d) The city.

3. What does Makina’s brother’s second note say?
(a) "I’m in danger, help."
(b) "I’m fine, I have a job."
(c) "I’m going to send money with my next letter."
(d) "Send money so I can come home."

4. After crossing the river, what did Makina do in the cabin while the Anglo man is waiting outside?
(a) Write a note home.
(b) Dispose of possessions that would encumber her.
(c) Change out of her wet clothes.
(d) Abandon her backpack.

5. What does Makina’s brother say his experience of war mostly consisted of?
(a) Long weeks of technical training.
(b) Sustained periods of terror.
(c) Long periods of boredom.
(d) A lot of pointless drilling.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Makina avoid being drowned when their inner tube flips in the river?

3. Where does Makina find Mr. Double-U?

4. What does the narrator say is brimming in the immigrants’ language?

5. What has the sinkhole already swallowed?

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