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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. Where do Makina and her brother talk when she first finds him?
(a) In the park.
(b) In the closet.
(c) In the street.
(d) In the hallway.

2. What does Makina hear as soon as she leaves the army base?
(a) "Run!"
(b) "Don’t leave me!"
(c) "Assume the position!"
(d) "You’re under arrest!"

3. What does the light look like in the sky when Makina arrives at the address?
(a) Gray with snow.
(b) Pink flowers.
(c) Yellow storm clouds.
(d) Drying blood.

4. What is the advantage of a polyglot language, in Makina’s eyes?
(a) It belongs to the people, not the academics.
(b) It lives closer to the heart.
(c) It includes more people.
(d) It tells you new things.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Makina’s brother’s second note say?

3. What did the family expect Makina’s brother to do for them?

4. Who does Makina think when her acquaintance recognizes her?

5. What part of language is Makina’s brother teaching the fellow soldier who talks to him and Makina?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is it about the people she meets in the city that excites Makina?

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

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

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

9. How does the narrator describe the boy whose place Makina’s brother took, in the army?

10. How does Makina say she found her brother?

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