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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Aitch doing when Makina arrives?
(a) Reading the paper.
(b) Playing dominoes.
(c) Having a sauna.
(d) Having a meal.

2. What does Makina say is a "slippery bitch" (11)?
(a) The city.
(b) The earth.
(c) The old mine.
(d) The river.

3. What does Mr. Aitch wait to do, before he gives Makina the thing he wants her to deliver?
(a) Knock back her drink.
(b) Swear an oath.
(c) Give him some information.
(d) Kiss his ring.

4. What did Makina help Mr. Q with a few years ago?
(a) Hiding him from his enemies.
(b) Getting him elected.
(c) Mayoral politics.
(d) Recovering his money.

5. What does the narrator say it feels like like to be around Cora?
(a) Sitting on her lap.
(b) Being lost.
(c) Having your thoughts a million miles away.
(d) Being a child again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Makina say Mr. Q has never been known to do?

2. What does Makina drink with Mr. Q?

3. What role had Mr. Aitch played in Makina’s brother’s departure?

4. How does Makina avoid being drowned when their inner tube flips in the river?

5. What is Makina nervous about when she travels to the end of the world?

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