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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Spolarium painted?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1935.

2. Who does Tita Ines remark there are none of at the beach where they take Jay in "To Flood"?
(a) Indians.
(b) Australians.
(c) Germans.
(d) Americans.

3. Whose daughter is the girl in Reyna's tenement in “A Universe Where People Do Not Die for Doing What Is Right”?
(a) A roommate's daughter.
(b) Jun's daughter.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her sister's daughter.

4. What word in "Bravery As If it Were My Own" refers to "Pig intestines boiled in blood and soy sauce" (264)?
(a) Sisig.
(b) Lechon.
(c) Adobo.
(d) Dinuguan.

5. What does Jay say "All of the adults are" doing in "New Life" (284)?
(a) "Failing us."
(b) "Looking away."
(c) "Out of their minds."
(d) "Lying."

6. How do Jay and Grace get to the church where Tito Danilo serves in "New Life"?
(a) By subway.
(b) By taxi.
(c) By jeepney.
(d) By rickshaw.

7. What does Tito Maning do when Jay confronts him in "The Darkness Uninterrupted"?
(a) He storms off.
(b) He almost strangles him.
(c) He punches him.
(d) He kicks him to the ground.

8. What does Jay recall seeing down the cliffsides on his last visit to his grandparents' in "Go Back to Sleep"?
(a) Vehicles.
(b) Mountain goats.
(c) Bears.
(d) Deer.

9. To what museum do Jay and his uncle go first in “That Last Part Aloud”?
(a) The National Museum of Fine Arts.
(b) The Ayala Museum.
(c) The Museum of Anthropology.
(d) The Pinto Art Museum.

10. Reyna was the oldest of how many children in her family?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

11. From how long ago is the picture of Grace with Jun that Jay sees on Grace's Instagram page in "Another Day in the Minefield"?
(a) 4 years ago.
(b) 4 months ago.
(c) 6 years ago.
(d) 4 weeks ago.

12. The residence of the Filipino president was built by a Spanish colonist in what year?
(a) 1689.
(b) 1750.
(c) 1799.
(d) 1850.

13. What was Tita Chato's profession?
(a) She was a lawyer.
(b) She was a teacher.
(c) She was a baker.
(d) She was a writer.

14. Who wrote America Is in the Heart?
(a) Carlos Bulosan.
(b) Richard Brockman.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Ibram X. Kendi.

15. Who is the first to perform karaoke at Jay's aunts' house in "Everyone Loses Their Shit"?
(a) James.
(b) Jay.
(c) Gregory.
(d) Ines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jay states in "This Poem is a Typhoon" that "English is a language that lives" where (176)?

2. What does Jay accuse Tito Maning of taking from him in “That Last Part Aloud”?

3. Who does Tito Maning refer to as the Philippines' greatest president in “That Last Part Aloud”?

4. What volcanic mountain perches on the horizon of Lolo and Lola's village?

5. Who wrote the book Selections from the Prison Notebooks that Jay sees among Jun's possessions in "This Poem is a Typhoon"?

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