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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job must Carlos father take on after he realizes he has no land?
(a) Day laborer
(b) Farmer
(c) Baker
(d) Banker

2. Which of the following terms means lending of money at an extremely high interest rate?
(a) Sharkery
(b) Usury
(c) Peasantry
(d) Slavery

3. With whom is Nick running a literary magazine in Los Angeles?
(a) Max
(b) Carlos
(c) Pascual
(d) Felix

4. What happens to all of the family's animals and land?
(a) They are sold off to pay for Carlos's school
(b) They are taken away during the revolt
(c) They are lost
(d) They die from disease

5. What is Pascual's final wish?
(a) To return to the Philippines
(b) To have Carlos take over the newspaper
(c) To move toward socialism
(d) To move to San Francisco

6. What does Carlos do with all of his money?
(a) Opens a bakery
(b) Gives it to Amado
(c) Loses it gambling
(d) Opens a restaurant

7. Where does Carlos' cousin live?
(a) On a fishing boat
(b) In his own apartment
(c) Boarding house
(d) In his own house

8. Where does Carlos end up after he gets on the second train with the girl?
(a) Reno
(b) Portland
(c) Stockton
(d) Chinatown

9. How does the group that lives together in the Hope Street apartment try to pay their rent?
(a) Bootleg
(b) Sell everything
(c) Dance at the dance hall
(d) Steal

10. What does the younger generation in the Philippines want?
(a) Social equality among all classes
(b) More land to farm
(c) More rights for farmers
(d) Change and national independence

11. Where does Miss Strandon arrange for Carlos to have a job?
(a) Pet store
(b) Doctor's office
(c) Newspaper
(d) Library

12. Which character has his feet severed by a train?
(a) Frank
(b) Lodi
(c) Carlos
(d) Jose

13. Where is Carlos when he is arrested and put in jail?
(a) Bus station
(b) Hotel in Seattle
(c) Homeless shelter
(d) Restaurant

14. Which world event intensifies the hatred against Filipinos?
(a) War with Japan
(b) War with Philippines
(c) War with Germany
(d) Increased crime committed by the Filipinos

15. What does Carlos steal in order to buy food when he returns to Seattle?
(a) Sheets
(b) Trinkets
(c) Purses
(d) Wallets

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Marian want Carlos to do?

3. Which of the following is not an accurate description of how Carlos feels on the journey to America?

4. Which of the following words best describes how Carlos feels about the middle class?

5. What work does Carlos get in Moxee City?

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