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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Makina’s brother answer when she asks if he got hurt?
(a) He says that he did not get a scratch.
(b) He says that he was wounded once and recovered.
(c) He says that he was wounded badly and has never healed.
(d) He says that he was only ever grazed lightly by shrapnel or bullets.

2. Why did Makina go into the ATM booth?
(a) For shelter from the cold.
(b) To change her clothes.
(c) To get money.
(d) To hide from some cops.

3. How did Makina handle the man-who-struck-it-rich's failure?
(a) She called the police to have him taken away.
(b) She laughed at him contemptuously in front of his friends.
(c) She called his mother and asked her to come get him.
(d) She kissed him on the cheek and wished him better luck next time.

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

5. What did Makina’s brother expect to get in return for taking this person’s place in the army?
(a) A new car.
(b) A large sum of money.
(c) A plot of land.
(d) American citizenship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Makina describe the cop cars’ progress across the landscape?

2. Makina says that the language she hears in the U.S. contains both ancient memory and what other trait?

3. Why did Makina’s brother not answer this person's question?

4. How are Makina’s countrymen different here?

5. What does Makina see as a good omen, when she gets across the river?

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