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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is guarding Mr. Double-U?
(a) Goons with guns.
(b) A black man with a badge.
(c) A boy Makina has had relations with.
(d) A solitary silent man.

2. What do the signs say, that Makina sees in the city after passing through the mountains?
(a) They educate the citizens.
(b) They warn against danger.
(c) They give directions.
(d) They prohibit things.

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

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

5. What does the narrator say had happened to whatever had been in this place previously?
(a) It was burned to a cinder.
(b) It was systematically destroyed.
(c) It was pulled up by its roots.
(d) It dried out till it was ash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the light look like in the sky when Makina arrives at the address?

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

3. How did Makina handle the man-who-struck-it-rich's failure?

4. How does the old woman describe Makina’s brother?

5. What does Makina think the folding chairs look like, at the stadium?

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