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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do five white men do to Jose and Carlos?
(a) Bribe them
(b) Kidnap them
(c) Kill them
(d) Take them away to Mexico

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

7. What work do Amado and his friend Alfredo do?
(a) Work in the tomato fields
(b) Bus drivers
(c) Thieves
(d) Bootlegger

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

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

10. Why does Carlos' family move again?
(a) To follow the animals
(b) For the mango harvest
(c) Due to his father's drinking
(d) To work picking coconuts

11. At what grade level does Amado's education end?
(a) Twelfth
(b) Eighth
(c) Fifth
(d) Tenth

12. What traditionally happens when a new presidente (mayor) is elected in a city?
(a) The new mayor interviews all old employees and keeps only those that he likes
(b) All old employees are killed
(c) All old employees are fired
(d) They are forced to leave their country and go to America

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

14. What organization does Carlos try to help Jose keep together?
(a) Labor Movement
(b) Filipino Workers' Association
(c) The New Tide
(d) Pascual's Newspaper

15. What is the name of the woman married to Pascual who helps to run the newspaper?
(a) Lydia
(b) Lucille
(c) Meghan
(d) Marrianne

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Carlos trying to sleep when he is confronted by the police?

2. What type of party does Carlos go to with Macario?

3. What crop does Carlos help harvest at the end of cauliflower season?

4. Where does Lucille move the newspaper after Pascual dies?

5. What does Carlos find one day as he walks home from school?

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