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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of language is Makina’s brother teaching the fellow soldier who talks to him and Makina?
(a) The future tense.
(b) The past tense.
(c) The optative mood.
(d) The conditional tense.

2. How does Makina say Mr. P’s men look?
(a) Light-hearted and joyful.
(b) Competitive and mean.
(c) Bored and violent.
(d) Deadly serious.

3. What pose does the man in the truck assume, after Makina surprises him?
(a) Nonchalant repose.
(b) Hard-boiled slouch.
(c) Looming bullying.
(d) Anxious jittering.

4. Why does Makina not want to call the cops for help?
(a) Because they will disappear her.
(b) Because her good fortune is measured by avoiding the cops.
(c) Because they will deport her.
(d) Because they will know Mr. P and make trouble for her.

5. What food has Makina brought with her?
(a) Fry bread.
(b) Goat cheese.
(c) Tamales.
(d) Peanut brittle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Makina think the folding chairs look like, at the stadium?

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

3. What does Makina not see in the city to tell her that it is a city?

4. What does Makina say about the food, which she knows is not true?

5. What does the family do when Makina’s brother returns?

(see the answer key)

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