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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 does the younger generation in the Philippines want?

2. Why does Macario not want to marry the girl who has moved in with him?

3. To what organization does the Philippine Scouts belong?

4. At what age does Carlos leave home?

5. What happens when the strikers try to prevent the transport of the produce?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Carlos as he tries to help the girl who is being assaulted?

2. Why do the striking workers organize their own patrols?

3. How does Carlos convince Amado that he is indeed his brother?

4. What goal do Felix, Nick and Carlos have in publishing the magazine?

5. Why does Miss Strandon arrange for Carlos' job at the library?

6. What revelation about his English skills does Carlos undergo in Chapter twenty-three?

7. How do Carlos, Jose and Miller escape?

8. Why doesn't Carlos' father think the stranger walking toward their home could be his son, Leon?

9. Why does Carlos leave the homeless shelter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the culture of the rural Philippines in the 1940's. Use examples from the text to support your description.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Interpret Carlos' idea that his faith in America has been restored by explaining how and why he has come to this conclusion.

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