View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the four places with the same name does Makina want?
(a) The one with the canal.
(b) The one with the bridge.
(c) The one with the park.
(d) The one with the tower.

2. What does Makina’s brother say his experience of war mostly consisted of?
(a) Sustained periods of terror.
(b) A lot of pointless drilling.
(c) Long weeks of technical training.
(d) Long periods of boredom.

3. What did Makina’s brother’s first note home say?
(a) "I have found the land, but it is nothing."
(b) "Please send money, I am broke."
(c) "I am here on the land, waiting for you."
(d) "I haven’t found the land yet, but I will."

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

5. How does Makina characterize new ways of saying things?
(a) As prophesies of a new world.
(b) As new things themselves.
(c) As degradation of pure languages.
(d) As transformations of the old world.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the boy takes Makina inside the restaurant, he introduces her to a woman. Who does the woman remind Makina of?

2. How does Makina’s brother indicate that he wants to leave to talk to her?

3. What does Makina’s brother say made him confident about taking this job?

4. What does Makina think she will do if she gets bad news at the army base?

5. How does Makina’s brother answer when she asks if he got hurt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the arresting cop tell Makina when he corrals her with the other immigrants?

2. What does Makina find at the address she has been traveling toward?

3. How does Makina say she found her brother?

4. What does Makina learn about the job her brother took?

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

6. How does Makina find the boy from the bus?

7. How does Makina’s brother describe his experience of war?

8. Who does Makina meet at the army base before she meets her brother?

9. What were the three messages Makina’s brother sent home?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 948 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample