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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 would Makina’s brother keep at the end of the deployment?
(a) The person’s identity.
(b) His military gear.
(c) The family’s house.
(d) The person’s books.

2. What does Makina’s brother say typically initiated periods of activity for him and his fellow soldiers?
(a) One of his homeys would be shot.
(b) A higher-up would decide it was time for a campaign.
(c) A bomb would be thrown into the compound.
(d) There was no regularity to the periods of activity.

3. What traits make the people’s language in America similar to Makina herself?
(a) Durability, obduracy.
(b) Intensity, passion.
(c) Malleability, permeability.
(d) Formlessness, potential.

4. How does Makina’s brother answer when she asks if he got hurt?
(a) He says that he did not get a scratch.
(b) He says that he was only ever grazed lightly by shrapnel or bullets.
(c) He says that he was wounded badly and has never healed.
(d) He says that he was wounded once and recovered.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sound Makina hears in the room at the bottom of the stairs?

2. What part of language is Makina’s brother teaching the fellow soldier who talks to him and Makina?

3. Where does Makina find Mr. Double-U?

4. What does Makina say is a "slippery bitch" (11)?

5. Which suburb does Makina need to visit next?

(see the answer key)

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