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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Makina say about the food, which she knows is not true?
(a) That life was better at home.
(b) That American food is a lie.
(c) That she could live here.
(d) That all cooking is Mexican.

2. What does Makina see as a good omen, when she gets across the river?
(a) Cars coming up the road.
(b) The sun breaking through.
(c) A pregnant woman’s belly.
(d) A bird overhead.

3. How does Makina describe the cop cars’ progress across the landscape?
(a) Bouncing.
(b) Lumbering.
(c) Ricocheting.
(d) Haring.

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

5. What does Makina tell her younger sister about men who have filthy mouths?
(a) That they are usually afraid.
(b) That they can still be fragile.
(c) That they are the most dangerous.
(d) That they might have powerful friends.

6. Who are the men in the black car waiting for Makina?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Mr. P’s men.
(c) Coyotes.
(d) Cops.

7. Why does Makina feel guilty about making her trip?
(a) For having left her mother.
(b) For needing so much help.
(c) For not having money to pay her way.
(d) For leaving her switchboard.

8. What does Mr. Double-U offer Makina?
(a) A job for her brother.
(b) A gift for her mother.
(c) A man who will take her to her brother.
(d) A man to transport her across to the other side.

9. What food has Makina brought with her?
(a) Fry bread.
(b) Goat cheese.
(c) Tamales.
(d) Peanut brittle.

10. Where does Makina meet Mr. Aitch?
(a) At the Casino.
(b) At the Turkish Baths.
(c) At the Pulquería Raskolnikova.
(d) At the bus station.

11. How many languages does Makina speak?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

12. What does the narrator say affected Makina for the first time with this sinkhole?
(a) The prophecies about the end of the world.
(b) The earth’s insanity.
(c) Industrial accidents.
(d) Grief over her losses.

13. What did the man-who-struck-it-rich not have, which kept him from impressing Makina the way he had planned?
(a) His wallet.
(b) Evidence of his travels.
(c) Friends to confirm his experiences.
(d) Cell towers.

14. The thing Makina sees once she is across the rive is not, in fact, a good omen: What is it?
(a) Police coming to arrest her.
(b) A vulture circling.
(c) A storm coming.
(d) A swollen corpse.

15. Who is guarding the door at Mr. Aitch’s place?
(a) There is no guard.
(b) A goon with a gat.
(c) A kid Makina shucked.
(d) A glacial guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. P offer Makina?

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

3. What does Chucho tell Makina about the rancher who stops them?

4. What does Makina drink with Mr. Double-U?

5. What does Makina drink with Mr. Q?

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