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

2. When did Spain cede the Philippines to the U.S.?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1898.

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

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

5. Mia says in "Let's Do It" that the Philippines is the only country in the world where it is still illegal to do what, in "Let's Do It"?
(a) Drink.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Use marijuana.
(d) Use birth control.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what museum do Jay and his uncle go second in “That Last Part Aloud”?

2. What drug did Tito Maning find in Jun's room when he kicked him out?

3. Who painted Spolarium?

4. What do Jay and his aunts have for dinner in the end of "Another Day in the Minefield"?

5. What is Brian's last name (from "The Wide Eyes of the Lost")?

Short Essay Questions

1. What poem is discussed in “This Poem is a Typhoon"? How does the poem affect Jay?

2. What arrangements has Mia made in “Let’s Do It"?

3. How is Lolo and Lola's home described in “Bravery as if it Were my Own"?

4. Who does Maning regard as the greatest of Filipino leaders? Why is this significant?

5. Where do Jay and Grace go in “New Life"? Why?

6. What does Jay learn about Jun in “New Life"?

7. What do Jay's aunts do to cheer him up in “Everyone Loses Their Shit"?

8. What do the vehicles in the ravine symbolize in “Go Back to Sleep"?

9. Where do Jay's aunts take him in “To Flood"? How is this setting described?

10. What does Jay discover about Grace in “Another Day in the Minefield"?

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