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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. Who is Tito Maning's maid that takes Jay's plate in “Every Single Surviving Word"?
2. What word in the novel refers to the drug that they call methamphetamine in the Philippines?
3. The narrator opens the Prologue with the line, "It was a day of soil, sunlight, and" what (xiii)?
4. For how long does Mia say her sister and Grace have been a couple in “You Can Hold Onto Me if You Need To"?
5. Where does Mia say she is studying in “You Can Hold Onto Me if You Need To"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Seth, and what is his relationship to Jay?
2. How is the room that Jay is staying in described in “Some Small Rebellion"?
3. Where does Jay live? Where was he born and where did he grow up?
4. Why does Jay begin to panic after arriving at the airport in “A New Silence Arrives"?
5. How are Angel and Grace's demeanors described in “A New Silence Arrives"?
6. What event does Jun describe in his letter that Jay reads on the plane in “The Strength of My Conviction"?
7. What information does Jay learn about Jun's death from his mother in the beginning of the novel?
8. Who does Jay encounter in Maning's office in “Not an Answer to the Question"? What happens in this encounter?
9. In what ways are Jay and Jun similar? How are they different?
10. What happens when Jay gives money to the beggar girl in “A New Silence Arrives"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the characters of Tito Maning, Jay's father, and Tito Danilo in Patron Saints of Nothing. How are these three men similar? How are they different? What are their relationships like with one another?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Jay's feelings of ambivalence about his future in the beginning of Patron Saints of Nothing. Where has Jay been accepted to college? Do you think he would have been more excited about attending if he had been accepted to the other schools where he applied? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the culture, history, politics, and society of the Philippines. How does the novel reflect upon Filipino history and the effects of colonization? What aspects of its political history are highlighted? How is Filipino culture demonstrated in the novel?
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