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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What pose does the man in the truck assume, after Makina surprises him?
(a) Hard-boiled slouch.
(b) Nonchalant repose.
(c) Looming bullying.
(d) Anxious jittering.

3. What does Makina feel as she makes her way through the mountains?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Relief.
(c) Exhaustion.
(d) Joy.

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. What does Makina say about the food, which she knows is not true?
(a) That American food is a lie.
(b) That she could live here.
(c) That life was better at home.
(d) That all cooking is Mexican.

9. Where is Makina shot by the Anglo rancher?
(a) In the side.
(b) In the hip.
(c) In the foot.
(d) In the shoulder.

10. What does Makina think the folding chairs look like, at the stadium?
(a) Burial mounds.
(b) Aztec temples.
(c) An obsidian mountain.
(d) Grave stones.

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

12. What does Mr. P offer Makina?
(a) A job.
(b) Protection.
(c) A place to stay.
(d) Money.

13. 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 looking for their family members.
(c) Like they are there looking for themselves.
(d) Like they are there to take orders.

14. Who is guarding the door at Mr. Aitch’s place?
(a) A kid Makina shucked.
(b) A goon with a gat.
(c) A glacial guard.
(d) There is no guard.

15. What is Makina seduced by, in the city?
(a) The powerful policemen.
(b) The sound of musicians.
(c) The colorful buildings.
(d) The smells from restaurants.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Makina say Mr. Q has never been known to do?

3. What role had Mr. Aitch played in Makina’s brother’s departure?

4. What shape does the sinkhole take when it is done sinking?

5. How does Makina say the people in the anglogaggle react to the machines at the self-checkout?

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