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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Makina drink with Mr. Q?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Beer.
(c) Pulque.
(d) Tea.

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Makina say Mr. P’s men look?
(a) Light-hearted and joyful.
(b) Deadly serious.
(c) Bored and violent.
(d) Competitive and mean.

8. What has Makina packed in her rucksack?
(a) A violin.
(b) Amulets.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) Photos.

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

10. What does Makina say her countrymen are armed with?
(a) Connections to top dogs.
(b) Guns.
(c) Work.
(d) Knives.

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

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

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

14. After crossing the river, what did Makina do in the cabin while the Anglo man is waiting outside?
(a) Abandon her backpack.
(b) Change out of her wet clothes.
(c) Dispose of possessions that would encumber her.
(d) Write a note home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Makina drink with Mr. Double-U?

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

3. How does Makina avoid being drowned when their inner tube flips in the river?

4. What does Mr. P offer Makina?

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

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