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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these things does the sinkhole swallow?
(a) A flock of geese.
(b) The noonday sunshine.
(c) A house and camper.
(d) Screams of passersby.

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

3. What does Chucho tell Makina about the rancher who stops them?
(a) That he has a business reporting immigrants.
(b) That he will get paid for their scalps.
(c) That he will sell them as slaves if he can.
(d) That he is one of the people who think they are above the law.

4. Why does Makina not react immediately when the boy harasses her?
(a) She is afraid of him.
(b) She is not used to being treated this way.
(c) She knows Mr. Aitch will be angry.
(d) She does not want to make a scene.

5. What does the old man say the point of baseball is?
(a) To steal.
(b) To get home.
(c) To run.
(d) To colonize the bases.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Chucho tell Makina the pickup is, that will take her she wants to go?

2. Who tells Makina to go clean up before she gives anyone the package?

3. What does Makina drink with Mr. Q?

4. How does Makina say the people look when they leave the supermarket and return to the street?

5. Where does Makina find Mr. Double-U?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the obsidian mound that gives this chapter its name?

2. Why does Cora send Makina to talk to the top dogs?

3. What kind of omen does Makina think she sees in the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. What makes Makina impatient to finish the errand her mother has given her?

5. What is Mr. Q’s style of speaking like?

6. What does Makina say immigrants carried in their rucksacks?

7. How does Mr. P. help Makina in her quest?

8. What is Makina’s impression of the people she sees in the city?

9. What does Makina need to do to get access to Mr. Double-U and Mr. Aitch?

10. What danger does Makina face in making her trip?

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