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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Carlos and Luciano earn money to open a small store?
(a) They capture and sell parrots
(b) They bar-b-que birds and sell them
(c) They fix equipment and machinery
(d) They babysit children from the village

2. In what type of business does Carlos' mother work?
(a) Trading business
(b) Secretary business
(c) Farming business
(d) Craft business

3. How old is Carlos when his brother leaves to fight in the war?
(a) 15
(b) 10
(c) 1
(d) 5

4. Which of the following is the best definition for the term barrio?
(a) A Spanish-speaking area of a town
(b) A regular neighborhood
(c) A very wealthy area of a town
(d) A slum and very poor neighborhood

5. Who does Carlos discover has a true hatred of Filipinos?
(a) Macario
(b) Amado
(c) Helen
(d) Carlos

6. Who is Mariano?
(a) Carlos' gambling partner
(b) Carlos' boss
(c) A friend of Carlos'sbrother
(d) The man Carlos kills with Max

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

8. What book does Macario read to Carlos?
(a) Treasure Island
(b) Black Beauty
(c) Titantic
(d) Robinson Crusoe

9. What does Carlos' family call him?
(a) Amado
(b) Macario
(c) Leon
(d) Allos

10. Where does Carlos' ship dock in America?
(a) Washington
(b) California
(c) Oregon
(d) New York

11. Which of the following is not an accurate description of how Carlos feels on the journey to America?
(a) Ill with meningitis
(b) Lonely
(c) In search of friends
(d) Seasick

12. Why do Julio and Carlos flee the orchard?
(a) A group appears and starts shooting at everyone
(b) They are tired of working hard
(c) They want to find Carlos's brothers
(d) The crew leader stole their paychecks

13. How does Carlos know that a revolt is about to begin?
(a) He sees the police lining up in the fields
(b) Felix tells him
(c) His mother tells him
(d) His little sisters tell him

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

15. What causes the strike to gain momentum?
(a) Jose's involvement
(b) The death threats
(c) Carlos' involvement
(d) Pascaul's death

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Claro say Carlos should return to Stockton?

2. How does Carlos' cousin show him how to meet girls?

3. Which character gets a girl in trouble and has to leave town?

4. What business did Alfredo want Carlos to enter?

5. What does the younger generation in the Philippines want?

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