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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. How does Makina describe her countrymen when she sees them on the street?
(a) Like they are there looking for their family members.
(b) Like they are there looking for themselves.
(c) Like they are there to take orders.
(d) Like they are there to take over.

2. Where does Makina find Mr. Double-U?
(a) At his restaurant.
(b) In the Turkish baths.
(c) In the train station.
(d) In his office.

3. What role had Mr. Aitch played in Makina’s brother’s departure?
(a) He sent him away.
(b) He told him where to go.
(c) He captured him and took him away for a job.
(d) He sent him into exile.

4. What does Makina drink with Mr. Q?
(a) Beer.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Pulque.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Mr. P patting while he talks with Makina?

3. What is Makina nervous about when she travels to the end of the world?

4. What shape does the sinkhole take when it is done sinking?

5. How many languages does Makina speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do Makina and Chucho encounter on their trip from the river in Chapter 3, and how do they escape from this person?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is Makina’s river crossing like?

(see the answer keys)

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