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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 does Makina write on after a cop tells her to do something?
(a) A scrap she caught in the wind.
(b) Pages torn out of a poetry book.
(c) The note she meant to take to her brother.
(d) The arrest warrant the cop gave her.

2. Whose place does Makina’s brother take in the army?
(a) A bad-tempered teen.
(b) A dreamy man.
(c) An intellectually-challenged teen.
(d) An Anglo man.

3. What does Chucho tell Makina about the rancher who stops them?
(a) That he will sell them as slaves if he can.
(b) That he is one of the people who think they are above the law.
(c) That he has a business reporting immigrants.
(d) That he will get paid for their scalps.

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

5. After the boy takes Makina inside the restaurant, he introduces her to a woman. Who does the woman remind Makina of?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Cora.
(c) The boy on the bus.
(d) Her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What effect does Makina’s writing have?

4. What does Makina’s brother say when Makina asks about the land?

5. Who does Makina think when her acquaintance recognizes her?

(see the answer key)

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