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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 act as if the machines are people.
(c) They struggle to hide the fact that they are interacting with robots.
(d) They seem drugged by the voices.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the narrator say affected Makina for the first time with this sinkhole?
(a) The earth’s insanity.
(b) Industrial accidents.
(c) Grief over her losses.
(d) The prophecies about the end of the world.

10. What is Makina nervous about when she travels to the end of the world?
(a) Being disappeared-lost.
(b) Being disoriented-lost.
(c) Being soul-lost.
(d) Being financially-lost.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Makina seduced by, in the city?

3. What does Makina feel as she makes her way through the mountains?

4. Where is Makina shot by the Anglo rancher?

5. How did Chucho recognize Makina?

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