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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Makina’s brother eat until he recovered after discovering there was nothing at the land he had gone to see?
(a) Soup.
(b) Avocados.
(c) Bread.
(d) Refuse.

2. What does Makina not see in the city to tell her that it is a city?
(a) Business districts.
(b) Central plazas.
(c) Shopping malls.
(d) Residential neighborhoods.

3. Where is Makina, in her dream, when she is evicted from the ATM booth?
(a) Back in her home.
(b) On top of the eighth hill.
(c) In a cave with her brother.
(d) In the eighth circle of hell.

4. What is Makina’s brother told he will be doing, by taking this job?
(a) Saving a family.
(b) Assuring his immortality.
(c) Saving his country.
(d) Earning his keep.

5. What language is the Latin tongue, in Makina’s view?
(a) Incan.
(b) English.
(c) Mayan.
(d) Spanish.

6. Which statue does Makina need to look for next?
(a) An old man thinking.
(b) A man in a frock coat.
(c) A bear dancing.
(d) A general on a horse.

7. Where do Makina and her brother talk when she first finds him?
(a) In the hallway.
(b) In the closet.
(c) In the street.
(d) In the park.

8. What does Makina’s brother say typically initiated periods of activity for him and his fellow soldiers?
(a) One of his homeys would be shot.
(b) A bomb would be thrown into the compound.
(c) There was no regularity to the periods of activity.
(d) A higher-up would decide it was time for a campaign.

9. What does the cop tell Makina to do?
(a) Run.
(b) Surrender her possessions.
(c) Ask permission for anything she wants.
(d) Change her clothes.

10. Which of the four places with the same name does Makina want?
(a) The one with the canal.
(b) The one with the park.
(c) The one with the bridge.
(d) The one with the tower.

11. What does Makina’s brother say happened after he went to the land?
(a) He tried to get home but got sick.
(b) He bounced around from ass-kicking to ass-kicking.
(c) He tried to kill himself but only half-heartedly.
(d) He got a job and found a house to live in.

12. How does Makina characterize the shift in the people’s language in America?
(a) Self-defensive.
(b) Assertive.
(c) Defiant.
(d) Nurturing.

13. What did the person whose place Makina’s brother is taking ask him?
(a) Why he would agree to such a thing.
(b) What his hometown was like.
(c) How much money he needed.
(d) Whether he was scared.

14. What does Makina’s brother’s third note say?
(a) "I have a job, now."
(b) "Stop asking if I’m okay."
(c) "Send money, I’m broke."
(d) "I’m going to send money soon."

15. What does Makina’s brother say his experience of war mostly consisted of?
(a) Sustained periods of terror.
(b) A lot of pointless drilling.
(c) Long periods of boredom.
(d) Long weeks of technical training.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Makina’s brother answer when she asks if he got hurt?

2. What kind of machines are working at the place Makina arrives at, which her brother had gone to see?

3. Whose place does Makina’s brother take in the army?

4. How does the old woman describe Makina’s brother?

5. How does the narrator describe Makina and her brother’s feelings when they walk out of the office?

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