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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman married to Pascual who helps to run the newspaper?

2. What book does Macario read to Carlos?

3. Which of the following terms means lending of money at an extremely high interest rate?

4. What happens during the meeting the Filipino Workers' Association holds outside of the town limits?

5. What is Pascual's final wish?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Carlos, Jose and Miller escape?

2. How do Carlos and Marcelo lose their money?

3. What profession does Carlos now wish to follow as he leaves with his cousin?

4. What revelation about his English skills does Carlos undergo in Chapter twenty-three?

5. What does Macario do once he graduates high school and returns to Binalonan?

6. Why does the family have to close the store that Luciano and Carlos opened?

7. Why does Miss Strandon arrange for Carlos' job at the library?

8. Why is Jose arrested?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about Carlos' main method of dealing with problems. Make an evaluation as to the effectiveness of this method and support your evaluation with examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay discussing the differences in class explained throughout the book and relate that to class system in America during the same time period.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast life for Carlos with that of his brother Amado.

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