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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters keeps a roof over everyone's head by selling tickets at a dance hall?
(a) Leon
(b) Jose
(c) Manuel
(d) Victor

2. What work does Carlos get in Moxee City?
(a) None
(b) Apple picker
(c) Farm worker
(d) Fisherman

3. What kind of job does Macario find?
(a) Serving at weddings
(b) Dance hall ticket sales
(c) Tomato field worker
(d) Houseboy

4. How does Carlos' cousin show him how to meet girls?
(a) Walk up and stand in front of them
(b) Avoid all eye contact with them
(c) Call over to them
(d) Dance with them

5. On what does the family spend all of its money?
(a) Buying new hectares of land
(b) New animals to help on the farm
(c) Food, clothes and health checkups
(d) Macario's school expenses

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

7. Where do Carlos and Jose find Miller?
(a) With Helen
(b) On the floor of a car
(c) In secret meetings with the agricultural interests
(d) Tied to a tree

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

9. What develops in Carlos as a direct result of his family losing its land?
(a) Poor attitude
(b) Illegal behavior
(c) Increased education
(d) Social awareness

10. Why does Carlos begin drinking and roaming around the West Coast?
(a) Hiding out from contractor thugs
(b) Trying to find his love, Dora
(c) Trying to find Jose and Miller
(d) Upset by Marian's death

11. To what organization does the Philippine Scouts belong?
(a) US Army
(b) International Cub Scouts
(c) Philippine Army
(d) Future Farmers Coalition

12. Of what nationality is the woman who owns the restaurant where Carlos hangs out?
(a) Japanese
(b) Korean
(c) Filipino
(d) American

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

14. What does Marian want Carlos to do?
(a) Start a union
(b) Go to school
(c) Take care of her
(d) Take care of Ganzo

15. At what age does Carlos leave home?
(a) 13
(b) 10
(c) 15
(d) 18

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Carlos when he is arrested and put in jail?

2. What happens to all of the family's animals and land?

3. Which of the following is the best definition for the term barrio?

4. What causes the strike to gain momentum?

5. Where is Carlos told to go to look for his brother?

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