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

2. How many flights does Makina descend at the location Chucho leaves her?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

3. Which direction does Makina have to go, to get to the first suggested place?
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) West.

4. How does Makina characterize new ways of saying things?
(a) As degradation of pure languages.
(b) As transformations of the old world.
(c) As prophesies of a new world.
(d) As new things themselves.

5. How does the narrator describe the room Makina enters from the bottom of the stairs?
(a) A wealthy person’s salon.
(b) A crazy person’s living room.
(c) An insomniac’s kitchen.
(d) A sleepwalker’s bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Makina characterize the places she arrives at, and keeps going to?

2. Where does Makina meet Mr. Aitch?

3. Who is guarding Mr. Double-U?

4. Who is guarding the door at Mr. Aitch’s place?

5. What does Makina’s brother say made him confident about taking this job?

(see the answer key)

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