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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 expect to get in return for taking this person’s place in the army?
(a) American citizenship.
(b) A plot of land.
(c) A new car.
(d) A large sum of money.

2. Why is Makina surprised by the man who opens the door at the address the woman from the restaurant gave her?
(a) He is a dark-skinned black man.
(b) He speaks her language.
(c) He does not speak English.
(d) He is not her brother.

3. What does the light look like in the sky when Makina arrives at the address?
(a) Pink flowers.
(b) Gray with snow.
(c) Yellow storm clouds.
(d) Drying blood.

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

5. How does the narrator describe Makina and her brother’s feelings when they walk out of the office?
(a) Disbelief.
(b) Relief.
(c) Joy.
(d) Disappointment.

6. What would Makina’s brother keep at the end of the deployment?
(a) The person’s identity.
(b) The person’s books.
(c) The family’s house.
(d) His military gear.

7. What does the narrator say is brimming in the immigrants’ language?
(a) Patience.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) Powerlessness.
(d) Grief.

8. What does Makina say people are doing when they combine languages?
(a) Re-domesticating human experience.
(b) Returning to their roots.
(c) Making the world happen anew.
(d) Marrying cultures.

9. How does the old woman describe Makina’s brother?
(a) Restless.
(b) Content.
(c) Sad.
(d) Blithe.

10. What does Makina write on after a cop tells her to do something?
(a) A scrap she caught in the wind.
(b) The arrest warrant the cop gave her.
(c) The note she meant to take to her brother.
(d) Pages torn out of a poetry book.

11. What does the man at the land her brother had gone to tell Makina was there from the beginning?
(a) A town.
(b) A forest.
(c) A river.
(d) Nothing.

12. At what time of day does Makina arrive at the address she is looking for?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dusk.

13. What does Makina find when she arrives at the land her brother had gone to see?
(a) Sheer emptiness.
(b) A vacant lot.
(c) A busy marketplace.
(d) A city intersection.

14. What traits make the people’s language in America similar to Makina herself?
(a) Formlessness, potential.
(b) Malleability, permeability.
(c) Durability, obduracy.
(d) Intensity, passion.

15. Which direction does Makina have to go, to get to the first suggested place?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) South.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would happen if Makina’s brother died during the time at war?

2. How long does it take for Makina to realize that she has made a mistake in regard to recognizing her brother?

3. Which statue does Makina need to look for next?

4. What do Makina and her brother do before they speak when she first finds him?

5. What did the family expect Makina’s brother to do for them?

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