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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 does Macario tell Carlos?

2. What is the first victory the Filipinos win in their battle for civil rights?

3. How many people attend Carlos and Jose's meeting?

4. What is the name of the organization they develop out of the meeting?

5. In what has Carlos' faith been restored?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Carlos doing when he decides that no one will destroy his faith in America?

2. Where are Carlos and Macario when the police search them?

3. Why does Carlos strike Amado with a pan?

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

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

6. What does Carlos continue to do for Ganzo?

7. In Macario's absence, what happens to Carlos and Eileen?

8. Why do Rios, Lacson and Dozier begin to convert the CPFR chapters into the Communist Party?

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

10. Why is Carlos afraid to leave the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay distinguishing between Carlos and his brothers as immigrants. Use specific examples from the novel to support your writing.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay explaining to someone who may have not read this novel, why it is important for the peasants of the Philippines to have land. Include in your essay reasons why and what might happen to those that do not have any land.

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