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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 & Translator's note.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Makina finally arrives at the correct street?
(a) She meets her brother.
(b) There is no such place.
(c) No one is there.
(d) The people there shrug.

2. What is the person at the bottom of the stairs wearing?
(a) A crumpled fedora.
(b) A loose shawl.
(c) A floppy hat.
(d) A butterfly pin.

3. What role had Mr. Aitch played in Makina’s brother’s departure?
(a) He told him where to go.
(b) He sent him away.
(c) He captured him and took him away for a job.
(d) He sent him into exile.

4. How does Makina characterize the places she arrives at, and keeps going to?
(a) Plastic crowds.
(b) Empty pits.
(c) Teeming cities.
(d) Bleak tundras.

5. What is Makina’s brother told he will be doing, by taking this job?
(a) Earning his keep.
(b) Saving a family.
(c) Assuring his immortality.
(d) Saving his country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old man say the point of baseball is?

2. How do the people in the anglogaggle appear to Makina?

3. How does Makina describe the sun after she leaves the army base?

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

5. What does Makina’s brother say typically initiated periods of activity for him and his fellow soldiers?

(see the answer key)

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