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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. 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) Police coming to arrest her.
(c) A swollen corpse.
(d) A vulture circling.

2. What is Makina seduced by, in the city?
(a) The powerful policemen.
(b) The smells from restaurants.
(c) The sound of musicians.
(d) The colorful buildings.

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

4. What does Makina tell her younger sister about men who have filthy mouths?
(a) That they are the most dangerous.
(b) That they are usually afraid.
(c) That they can still be fragile.
(d) That they might have powerful friends.

5. What is it about Makina’s boyfriend’s behavior that inspires respect in her?
(a) His patience.
(b) His restraint.
(c) His devotion.
(d) His adoration.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Makina’s job at home?

3. What does Makina feel as she makes her way through the mountains?

4. Who is guarding Mr. Double-U?

5. How does Makina describe Mr. Aitch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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