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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 does Carlos meet on the return train trip to Los Angeles?
(a) Marian
(b) Eileen
(c) Mary
(d) Meghan

2. Why do the doctors put Carlos' leg in a cast?
(a) Because it swells in the rainy season
(b) The tuberculosis
(c) So he does not leave the hospital
(d) It is hurt in the beating in San Jose

3. Why are there not many workers in Bakersfield?
(a) Harvest is still months away
(b) Mexican workers have taken over the work previously done by Filipinos
(c) They have been run out by thugs
(d) There are no crops in Bakersfield

4. What does Macario tell Carlos?
(a) He will always take care of him
(b) He does not care for Carlos
(c) He is leaving for Spain
(d) Carlos is not really his brother

5. How many Filipino contractors control about 3,000 Filipino workers?
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 5
(d) 3

6. How does Carlos travel to Bakersfield?
(a) With Amado
(b) Box car
(c) He walks
(d) With Jose

7. To whom has Carlos drawn closer?
(a) Macario
(b) Marian
(c) Felix
(d) Eileen

8. What does Carlos want to do when he recovers?
(a) Find Marian
(b) Return to the Philippines
(c) Join the labor movement again
(d) Go to school

9. Why is Carlos losing interest in the fight?
(a) He is tired of fighting
(b) His brother is sick
(c) He does not believe in Communism
(d) He is too ill to keep fighting

10. What does Claro tell Carlos many years ago when they meet?
(a) To return to the Philippines as soon as possible
(b) To never return to Stockton
(c) Do not return to Stockton until ready to fight for their people
(d) To spend his time and energy doing good work for the Filipino people

11. Why do the people Carlos lives with decide to find a new place?
(a) There are cheaper places with no stairs
(b) Macario has lost his job again
(c) Carlos has a stiff leg
(d) There is too much discrimination in their current place

12. What does Macario tell Carlos he can do?
(a) Find their brother
(b) Be a writer
(c) Become a citizen
(d) Win the cause

13. Why is Carlos having more surgery?
(a) To treat his knee
(b) To treat the spreading tuberculosis
(c) To be able to live with Eileen
(d) To treat his syphilis

14. How many people attend Carlos and Jose's meeting?
(a) 21
(b) 30
(c) 12
(d) 5

15. In what has Carlos' faith been restored?
(a) Philippines
(b) His family
(c) Traditions and culture
(d) America

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first tells Carlos that Macario will be going to Spain to fight?

2. Who does Carlos try to find, but is unsuccessful?

3. What promise does Amado make to Carlos?

4. When does Carlos leave?

5. How does Carlos get the money that he gives to Macario?

(see the answer keys)

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