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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Makina’s job at home?
(a) She takes care of children.
(b) She runs the local switchboard.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) She is a cook.

2. How does Makina describe her countrymen when she sees them on the street?
(a) Like they are there to take over.
(b) Like they are there to take orders.
(c) Like they are there looking for themselves.
(d) Like they are there looking for their family members.

3. What does Makina say is called for, when she refuses the pulque the bartender brings out?
(a) Insults.
(b) Contrition.
(c) Insolence.
(d) Negotiation.

4. How does Makina’s gunshot wound feel when she washes up?
(a) It throbs but bearably.
(b) It barely stings.
(c) It feels like bees stung her.
(d) It is hot and sore.

5. What does Mr. Double-U offer Makina?
(a) A man who will take her to her brother.
(b) A job for her brother.
(c) A man to transport her across to the other side.
(d) A gift for her mother.

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

7. Where does Makina meet Mr. Aitch?
(a) At the bus station.
(b) At the Casino.
(c) At the Pulquería Raskolnikova.
(d) At the Turkish Baths.

8. Why does Makina pack light?
(a) She knows the top dogs’ men will take care of her.
(b) She knows people along the way.
(c) She is planning to come right back.
(d) She is planning to start a new life on the other side.

9. Who are the men in the black car waiting for Makina?
(a) Cops.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Mr. P’s men.
(d) Thieves.

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

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

12. What do the signs say, that Makina sees in the city after passing through the mountains?
(a) They prohibit things.
(b) They give directions.
(c) They educate the citizens.
(d) They warn against danger.

13. How did Makina handle the man-who-struck-it-rich's failure?
(a) She kissed him on the cheek and wished him better luck next time.
(b) She called his mother and asked her to come get him.
(c) She called the police to have him taken away.
(d) She laughed at him contemptuously in front of his friends.

14. How does Makina describe Mr. Aitch?
(a) A strutting peacock.
(b) A filthy pig.
(c) An old dinosaur.
(d) A reptile in pants.

15. Where does Makina meet Mr. Q?
(a) At the Turkish baths.
(b) In the town square.
(c) At The Casino.
(d) At the Pulquería Raskolnikova.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Aitch ask Makina to deliver to Mr. P.?

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

3. What does Makina say to the people who are swallowed by the sinkhole?

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

5. How do the people in the anglogaggle appear to Makina?

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