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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. Which of these things does the sinkhole swallow?
(a) A house and camper.
(b) The noonday sunshine.
(c) A flock of geese.
(d) Screams of passersby.

2. What does Makina not see in the city to tell her that it is a city?
(a) Central plazas.
(b) Business districts.
(c) Residential neighborhoods.
(d) Shopping malls.

3. What does Makina say about the food, which she knows is not true?
(a) That she could live here.
(b) That American food is a lie.
(c) That all cooking is Mexican.
(d) That life was better at home.

4. What does the family do when Makina’s brother returns?
(a) Leave town and reinvent themselves.
(b) Make arrangements to send him to school.
(c) Accuse him of identity theft.
(d) Adopt him into the family formally.

5. What does Makina say the people here want?
(a) To die peacefully.
(b) To live as other people.
(c) To live forever.
(d) To make a lot of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Makina say was supposed to help her on this side?

2. What does Makina say Mr. Q has never been known to do?

3. What did Makina help Mr. Q with a few years ago?

4. What role had Mr. Aitch played in Makina’s brother’s departure?

5. What is the man dressed in, who approaches Makina in the room at the bottom of the stairs?

(see the answer key)

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