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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. 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.

2. How long does it take for Makina to realize that she has made a mistake in regard to recognizing her brother?
(a) A minute.
(b) A moment.
(c) A few minutes.
(d) Ten minutes.

3. 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 dried out till it was ash.
(c) It was burned to a cinder.
(d) It was systematically destroyed.

4. How does Makina describe Chucho’s appearance?
(a) More relaxed.
(b) Brighter.
(c) Cleaner.
(d) Varnished over.

5. Which of these things does the sinkhole swallow?
(a) The noonday sunshine.
(b) Screams of passersby.
(c) A flock of geese.
(d) A house and camper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Chucho take Makina through?

2. How much time elapses before Makina feels better at the end of the story?

3. What is the sound Makina hears in the room at the bottom of the stairs?

4. What has the sinkhole already swallowed?

5. How does the narrator describe Makina and her brother’s feelings when they walk out of the office?

(see the answer key)

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