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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Makina’s brother’s first note home say?
(a) "I haven’t found the land yet, but I will."
(b) "Please send money, I am broke."
(c) "I am here on the land, waiting for you."
(d) "I have found the land, but it is nothing."

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

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

5. What does Makina feel as she makes her way through the mountains?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Relief.
(c) Joy.
(d) Disappointment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color paint dominates the city Makina gets to after passing through the mountains?

2. Which direction does Makina have to go, to get to the first suggested place?

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

4. When did Makina first meet Mr. Double-U?

5. What is the weather like in the mountains?

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