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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. Where do Carlos and Macario move once they are evicted?
(a) Alaska
(b) Home to the Philippines
(c) Hotel
(d) New apartment

2. Where does Carlos find Nick after he leaves Portland?
(a) Seattle
(b) San Jose
(c) Los Angeles
(d) Alaska

3. Which of the following characters does Carlos meet on the return train trip to Los Angeles?
(a) Eileen
(b) Mary
(c) Marian
(d) Meghan

4. What does Ganzo tell Carlos to keep doing?
(a) Taking care of Macario
(b) Moving to different cities
(c) Hoping for citizenship
(d) Writing

5. How does Carlos travel to Bakersfield?
(a) With Jose
(b) Box car
(c) With Amado
(d) He walks

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes how Carlos feels at the end of the story?

2. Where does Carlos want to be transferred?

3. What does Carlos learn from Nick?

4. What does Macario tell Carlos?

5. Where is Carlos when Pearl Harbor is attacked?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Carlos feel after he realizes that no one will ever destroy his faith in America?

2. What is one reason that many of the Filipinos want to fight to free their country of birth?

3. Why does Carlos spend time with the San Fernando crew leader's wife?

4. What does Amado give to Carlos as he goes to join the Navy?

5. What does Carlos find out his friends and his brother, Macario?

6. What happens when Carlos shows his published book to Amado at the bar?

7. Why is Carlos afraid to leave the hospital?

8. What does Carlos continue to do for Ganzo?

9. What seems to be Carlos' reaction to serious problems?

10. Why do Macario and Nick not go to Spain?

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