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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Makina say is a "slippery bitch" (11)?
(a) The earth.
(b) The river.
(c) The old mine.
(d) The city.

2. How does Makina say the people in the anglogaggle react to the machines at the self-checkout?
(a) They are shocked by the bleeping.
(b) They seem drugged by the voices.
(c) They struggle to hide the fact that they are interacting with robots.
(d) They act as if the machines are people.

3. What is Mr. Aitch doing when Makina arrives?
(a) Having a meal.
(b) Having a sauna.
(c) Playing dominoes.
(d) Reading the paper.

4. What color paint dominates the city Makina gets to after passing through the mountains?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Brown.
(c) Orange.
(d) Gray.

5. What does the old man say the point of baseball is?
(a) To run.
(b) To steal.
(c) To colonize the bases.
(d) To get home.

6. What does Makina see as a good omen, when she gets across the river?
(a) A pregnant woman’s belly.
(b) A bird overhead.
(c) Cars coming up the road.
(d) The sun breaking through.

7. What does Makina tell her younger sister about men who have filthy mouths?
(a) That they might have powerful friends.
(b) That they are the most dangerous.
(c) That they can still be fragile.
(d) That they are usually afraid.

8. What does the narrator say it feels like like to be around Cora?
(a) Sitting on her lap.
(b) Being a child again.
(c) Being lost.
(d) Having your thoughts a million miles away.

9. What did Makina help Mr. Q with a few years ago?
(a) Hiding him from his enemies.
(b) Recovering his money.
(c) Mayoral politics.
(d) Getting him elected.

10. How does Makina describe the cop cars’ progress across the landscape?
(a) Bouncing.
(b) Haring.
(c) Ricocheting.
(d) Lumbering.

11. What is Mr. P patting while he talks with Makina?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) A stack of money.
(d) His heart.

12. What does Mr. Aitch’s driver do when Makina takes out the package?
(a) Refuses to take it.
(b) Takes it to a man in a market.
(c) Takes it and keeps it.
(d) Throws it away.

13. Where does Makina find Mr. Double-U?
(a) In the train station.
(b) In his office.
(c) At his restaurant.
(d) In the Turkish baths.

14. How many languages does Makina speak?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

15. Why does Makina not react immediately when the boy harasses her?
(a) She does not want to make a scene.
(b) She is not used to being treated this way.
(c) She is afraid of him.
(d) She knows Mr. Aitch will be angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is guarding Mr. Double-U?

2. How does Makina say the people look when they leave the supermarket and return to the street?

3. Where does Makina meet Mr. Aitch?

4. The thing Makina sees once she is across the rive is not, in fact, a good omen: What is it?

5. What does Makina drink with Mr. Q?

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