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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 & Translator's note.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Makina travel to the bus station?
(a) By horse.
(b) On foot.
(c) Underground.
(d) By taxi.

2. What does the narrator say affected Makina for the first time with this sinkhole?
(a) The prophecies about the end of the world.
(b) Grief over her losses.
(c) Industrial accidents.
(d) The earth’s insanity.

3. Why did Makina’s brother not answer this person's question?
(a) He did not have enough of the language.
(b) He felt so much pity he was angry.
(c) He refused to condescend to answer.
(d) He refused to give the person an advantage by answering.

4. What does Makina say to the people who are swallowed by the sinkhole?
(a) "Happy trails."
(b) "So long."
(c) "Tough luck."
(d) "Hasta la vista."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Makina see as a good omen, when she gets across the river?

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

3. What does Makina find when she arrives at the land her brother had gone to see?

4. What intuition does Makina have when she enters the room at the bottom of the stairs?

5. What is in the folder the man gives Makina at the end of the story?

(see the answer key)

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