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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work do Amado and his friend Alfredo do?

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

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

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

5. How does Carlos feel about returning to the city of his birth and the old family home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Macario lose his job?

2. What does Macario do once he graduates high school and returns to Binalonan?

3. Why is Carlos fired from his job as a dishwasher?

4. How do Carlos and Marcelo lose their money?

5. What does Carlos do with the money he earns?

6. Why does the family have to close the store that Luciano and Carlos opened?

7. What profession does Carlos now wish to follow as he leaves with his cousin?

8. Why do the other roommates tell Macario that there is no use in going to look for a job?

9. Why are the characters so rushed to finish the harvest?

10. Why does Carlos leave the homeless shelter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining to someone who may have not read this novel, why it is important for the peasants of the Philippines to have land. Include in your essay reasons why and what might happen to those that do not have any land.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the role of physical disabilities in this novel. Include examples of how they are described and their impact on success for the characters.

Essay Topic 3

Formulate a plan for Carlos in an essay to continue living his life and battling the prejudices he faces now that his brothers have left for military service.

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