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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crop does Carlos help harvest at the end of cauliflower season?
(a) Cantaloupe
(b) Corn
(c) Tomato
(d) Lettuce

2. Why does Carlos have to stay home during the rainy season?
(a) Schools are closed during the rainy season
(b) He must take care of the children
(c) His father must find work to make the loan payment
(d) His legs swell

3. Where does Carlos' cousin live?
(a) Boarding house
(b) In his own house
(c) On a fishing boat
(d) In his own apartment

4. What job must Carlos father take on after he realizes he has no land?
(a) Banker
(b) Baker
(c) Farmer
(d) Day laborer

5. Why do Julio and Carlos flee the orchard?
(a) They are tired of working hard
(b) They want to find Carlos's brothers
(c) A group appears and starts shooting at everyone
(d) The crew leader stole their paychecks

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Carlos discover has a true hatred of Filipinos?

2. What happens to Carlos and his mother on the way home from Puxzzorobio?

3. What is the name of the literary magazine that Nick, Felix and Carlos print?

4. What does Macario think the family should sell so that he can finish his last three months of school?

5. When does Claro say Carlos should return to Stockton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the striking workers organize their own patrols?

2. Why are the characters so rushed to finish the harvest?

3. What happens to Carlos as he tries to help the girl who is being assaulted?

4. What do Felix, Nick and Carlos decide they must work on to improve?

5. Why does Carlos want to go to California?

6. Why does Marian give Carlos several hundred dollars?

7. Why are there more and more peasant uprisings?

8. What goal do Felix, Nick and Carlos have in publishing the magazine?

9. What must Carlos take before he can board the boat to America?

10. How do Carlos, Jose and Miller escape?

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