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

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

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

4. Who is guarding Mr. Double-U?
(a) A boy Makina has had relations with.
(b) A black man with a badge.
(c) Goons with guns.
(d) A solitary silent man.

5. How do the people in the anglogaggle appear to Makina?
(a) Miserable.
(b) Content.
(c) Sleepy.
(d) Powerful.

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

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

8. How are Makina’s countrymen different here?
(a) More singing.
(b) Less restraint.
(c) Less whistling.
(d) More begging.

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

10. What did the man-who-struck-it-rich not have, which kept him from impressing Makina the way he had planned?
(a) Friends to confirm his experiences.
(b) Evidence of his travels.
(c) Cell towers.
(d) His wallet.

11. What does Mr. Aitch wait to do, before he gives Makina the thing he wants her to deliver?
(a) Give him some information.
(b) Knock back her drink.
(c) Kiss his ring.
(d) Swear an oath.

12. How did Chucho recognize Makina?
(a) Mt. Aitch described her to him.
(b) He saw her when she was talking to Mr. Aitch.
(c) He got a photo of her.
(d) He already knew her.

13. What does Makina say Mr. Q has never been known to do?
(a) Forget an insult.
(b) Raise his voice.
(c) Forgive an enemy.
(d) Forgive a debt.

14. What is the weather like in the mountains?
(a) Rain makes the road muddy.
(b) The sun is crushingly hot.
(c) It starts to snow.
(d) The mist is too thick to see.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Makina say Mr. P’s men look?

2. What sound does the narrator say the earth makes when the sinkhole opens?

3. Why does Makina not react immediately when the boy harasses her?

4. Where does Chucho tell Makina the pickup is, that will take her she wants to go?

5. What does Makina say to herself when the ground lurches, at the beginning of the book?

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