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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Makina say the people in the anglogaggle react to the machines at the self-checkout?
(a) They struggle to hide the fact that they are interacting with robots.
(b) They act as if the machines are people.
(c) They are shocked by the bleeping.
(d) They seem drugged by the voices.

6. What role had Mr. Aitch played in Makina’s brother’s departure?
(a) He sent him into exile.
(b) He sent him away.
(c) He told him where to go.
(d) He captured him and took him away for a job.

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

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

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

10. What is it about Makina’s boyfriend’s behavior that inspires respect in her?
(a) His restraint.
(b) His patience.
(c) His adoration.
(d) His devotion.

11. What did the man-who-struck-it-rich not have, which kept him from impressing Makina the way he had planned?
(a) Evidence of his travels.
(b) His wallet.
(c) Friends to confirm his experiences.
(d) Cell towers.

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

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

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

15. What does Makina say to the people who are swallowed by the sinkhole?
(a) "Tough luck."
(b) "So long."
(c) "Happy trails."
(d) "Hasta la vista."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Makina see as a good omen, when she gets across the river?

2. Which of these things does the sinkhole swallow?

3. How does Makina describe the cop cars’ progress across the landscape?

4. What food has Makina brought with her?

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

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