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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom is Nick running a literary magazine in Los Angeles?
(a) Felix
(b) Pascual
(c) Max
(d) Carlos

2. Which of the following does not accurately describe Marian's life?
(a) Hardship
(b) Support
(c) Bitterness
(d) Unhappiness

3. What work do Amado and his friend Alfredo do?
(a) Thieves
(b) Work in the tomato fields
(c) Bootlegger
(d) Bus drivers

4. What does Carlos' family call him?
(a) Leon
(b) Allos
(c) Amado
(d) Macario

5. Where does Miss Strandon arrange for Carlos to have a job?
(a) Doctor's office
(b) Pet store
(c) Library
(d) Newspaper

6. What does the younger generation in the Philippines want?
(a) More land to farm
(b) Change and national independence
(c) Social equality among all classes
(d) More rights for farmers

7. What organization does Carlos try to help Jose keep together?
(a) Filipino Workers' Association
(b) Pascual's Newspaper
(c) The New Tide
(d) Labor Movement

8. What does Carlos' father turn to when he loses the court case about his land?
(a) Mayor
(b) Drinking
(c) America
(d) His son

9. What work does Carlos get in Moxee City?
(a) None
(b) Fisherman
(c) Farm worker
(d) Apple picker

10. Where is Carlos trying to sleep when he is confronted by the police?
(a) Hotel in Seattle
(b) Restaurant
(c) Bus station
(d) Homeless shelter

11. Why does Carlos begin drinking and roaming around the West Coast?
(a) Upset by Marian's death
(b) Trying to find his love, Dora
(c) Hiding out from contractor thugs
(d) Trying to find Jose and Miller

12. Where do Carlos and Jose find Miller?
(a) With Helen
(b) On the floor of a car
(c) Tied to a tree
(d) In secret meetings with the agricultural interests

13. What does Marian want Carlos to do?
(a) Go to school
(b) Take care of Ganzo
(c) Take care of her
(d) Start a union

14. Which of the following words best describes how Carlos feels about the middle class?
(a) Envy
(b) Resignation
(c) Admiration
(d) Contempt

15. What is Pascual's final wish?
(a) To move toward socialism
(b) To move to San Francisco
(c) To return to the Philippines
(d) To have Carlos take over the newspaper

Short Answer Questions

1. What crop does Carlos help harvest at the end of cauliflower season?

2. Which of the following is a gambling game?

3. What is Pascual's profession in addition to running the small newspaper?

4. Why does Carlos move back to California?

5. Who tells Carlos to head to Stockton?

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