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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. What shape does the sinkhole take when it is done sinking?
(a) A wide tear.
(b) A perfect circle.
(c) A long oval.
(d) A narrow horizontal cavern.

2. What does Makina say Mr. Q has never been known to do?
(a) Forgive a debt.
(b) Forgive an enemy.
(c) Forget an insult.
(d) Raise his voice.

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

4. How does Makina say the people in the anglogaggle react to the machines at the self-checkout?
(a) They act as if the machines are people.
(b) They are shocked by the bleeping.
(c) They struggle to hide the fact that they are interacting with robots.
(d) They seem drugged by the voices.

5. The thing Makina sees once she is across the rive is not, in fact, a good omen: What is it?
(a) A storm coming.
(b) A vulture circling.
(c) Police coming to arrest her.
(d) A swollen corpse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Makina describe the cop cars’ progress across the landscape?

3. What does Makina tell her younger sister about men who have filthy mouths?

4. What does Makina think the folding chairs look like, at the stadium?

5. When someone from Makina’s town struck it rich and came back, how did he try to impress Makina?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Makina have to establish in her meetings with each of the three top dogs?

2. What is Makina’s trip through the mountains like?

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

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

5. How does the narrator say things went for the man who tried to teach Makina a lesson in public?

6. What is Makina’s river crossing like?

7. How does the old man explain the game of baseball to Makina?

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

9. How does the narrator describe the city Makina arrives in?

10. How does Makina handle the harassment she faces on the bus?

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