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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 would happen if Makina’s brother died during the time at war?
(a) His family would not get anything.
(b) They would bring his sister to America and give her citizenship.
(c) They would will the land to his family.
(d) They would send money to his family.

2. What does Makina’s brother say when Makina asks about the land?
(a) He tells her that he never got there, because he was robbed on the way.
(b) He asks if she has gone to see it, as if to say: you know it is worthless.
(c) He says that when he got there, the construction was just starting.
(d) He tells her a long and complicated lie about how he lost it.

3. What did Makina’s brother eat until he recovered after discovering there was nothing at the land he had gone to see?
(a) Refuse.
(b) Bread.
(c) Soup.
(d) Avocados.

4. What does Makina write?
(a) A tirade.
(b) A plea.
(c) A jeremiad.
(d) A lecture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man at the land her brother had gone to tell Makina was there from the beginning?

2. How does the narrator describe Makina and her brother’s feelings when they walk out of the office?

3. What does Makina find when she arrives at the land her brother had gone to see?

4. Who is in the group Makina is forced to join after finding her brother?

5. What does the light look like in the sky when Makina arrives at the address?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of omen does the light in the sky give Makina when she arrives at the address?

2. What does Makina think she will do if they tell her bad news?

3. How does Makina’s brother explain why Mexican people stay in the U.S.?

4. How does the narrator describe Makina's transition from one city to the next?

5. What is Makina’s reaction when she sees her brother?

6. What does Makina learn about her brother from the old woman?

7. What happened when Makina’s brother came back from the war?

8. Who does Makina find at the address she gets from the restaurant?

9. How does Makina say she found her brother?

10. What drives Makina to take shelter in an ATM booth?

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