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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman tell Makina about her brother’s condition when he showed up?
(a) He was broke and angry.
(b) He was confused and homesick.
(c) He was proud and standoffish.
(d) He was sick as a dog.

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

3. What does Makina’s brother say made him confident about taking this job?
(a) Dying in a foreign land wasn’t any worse than starving or being beaten in this one.
(b) The amount of money would be life-changing if he got it.
(c) It would hide the shame of having been duped about the land.
(d) The military was the most powerful in the world, and it would bring him back safe.

4. After the boy takes Makina inside the restaurant, he introduces her to a woman. Who does the woman remind Makina of?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Cora.
(d) The boy on the bus.

5. What does the family do when Makina’s brother returns?
(a) Leave town and reinvent themselves.
(b) Adopt him into the family formally.
(c) Accuse him of identity theft.
(d) Make arrangements to send him to school.

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

7. Which suburb does Makina need to visit next?
(a) The one with the museum.
(b) The one with the petroleum refinery.
(c) The one with the zoo.
(d) The one with the prison.

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

9. Why did Makina go into the ATM booth?
(a) To change her clothes.
(b) To hide from some cops.
(c) To get money.
(d) For shelter from the cold.

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

11. What did Makina’s brother’s first note home say?
(a) "I have found the land, but it is nothing."
(b) "I am here on the land, waiting for you."
(c) "I haven’t found the land yet, but I will."
(d) "Please send money, I am broke."

12. What part of language is Makina’s brother teaching the fellow soldier who talks to him and Makina?
(a) The conditional tense.
(b) The future tense.
(c) The optative mood.
(d) The past tense.

13. 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.

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

15. How long does it take for Makina to realize that she has made a mistake in regard to recognizing her brother?
(a) A few minutes.
(b) A minute.
(c) A moment.
(d) Ten minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Makina finally arrives at the correct street?

2. What is the advantage of a polyglot language, in Makina’s eyes?

3. What kind of language do Mexicans speak on the other side?

4. What does Makina do when she realizes she has made a mistake in recognizing her brother?

5. How does Makina’s brother indicate that he wants to leave to talk to her?

(see the answer keys)

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