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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Makina feel guilty about making her trip?
(a) For leaving her switchboard.
(b) For not having money to pay her way.
(c) For having left her mother.
(d) For needing so much help.

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is it about Makina’s boyfriend’s behavior that inspires respect in her?

3. How are Makina’s countrymen different here?

4. After crossing the river, what did Makina do in the cabin while the Anglo man is waiting outside?

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

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