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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. Which direction does Makina have to go, to get to the first suggested place?
(a) North.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) South.

2. What does Makina’s brother’s second note say?
(a) "Send money so I can come home."
(b) "I’m fine, I have a job."
(c) "I’m in danger, help."
(d) "I’m going to send money with my next letter."

3. Who does Makina think when her acquaintance recognizes her?
(a) That she is very hungry.
(b) That she must look terrible.
(c) That she must be filthy.
(d) That she must still inspire fear.

4. What part of language is Makina’s brother teaching the fellow soldier who talks to him and Makina?
(a) The conditional tense.
(b) The future tense.
(c) The past tense.
(d) The optative mood.

5. Why is Makina surprised by the man who opens the door at the address the woman from the restaurant gave her?
(a) He speaks her language.
(b) He is not her brother.
(c) He does not speak English.
(d) He is a dark-skinned black man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say had happened to whatever had been in this place previously?

2. Where is Makina, in her dream, when she is evicted from the ATM booth?

3. What traits make the people’s language in America similar to Makina herself?

4. What does Makina not see in the city to tell her that it is a city?

5. Why did Makina go into the ATM booth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Makina’s brother say happened to him after he went to the land?

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

3. Why does Makina’s brother say he did not return after the land fiasco?

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

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

6. What kind of marriage ceremony does Makina encounter on her way to the army base?

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

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

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

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

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