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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these things does the sinkhole swallow?
(a) A house and camper.
(b) The noonday sunshine.
(c) A flock of geese.
(d) Screams of passersby.

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

3. It is one thing to make exceptions, Makina says, but it is another to do what?
(a) Break the rules.
(b) Ignore the rules.
(c) Reinvent the rules.
(d) Change the rules.

4. What does Mr. Aitch ask Makina to deliver to Mr. P.?
(a) A sealed box.
(b) A small bundle.
(c) A check.
(d) A note.

5. The thing Makina sees once she is across the rive is not, in fact, a good omen: What is it?
(a) Police coming to arrest her.
(b) A vulture circling.
(c) A swollen corpse.
(d) A storm coming.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What does Makina drink with Mr. Double-U?
(a) Tea.
(b) Water.
(c) Pulque.
(d) Beer.

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

15. What has the sinkhole already swallowed?
(a) A soccer pitch.
(b) A shopping center.
(c) An office park.
(d) A chicken farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many languages does Makina speak?

2. Where does Makina meet Mr. Aitch?

3. What does the narrator say affected Makina for the first time with this sinkhole?

4. Where is Makina shot by the Anglo rancher?

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

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