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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. On what does the family spend all of its money?

2. Who returns to the family and helps make the next loan payment?

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

4. What does Carlos' family call him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jose arrested?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Macario lose his job?

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

8. What does Macario vow to Carlos?

9. Why does Marian give Carlos several hundred dollars?

10. How do Carlos and Marcelo lose their money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay distinguishing between Carlos and his brothers as immigrants. Use specific examples from the novel to support your writing.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the role of the family in the life of a Filipino immigrant during this time frame. Use examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the mobile nature of the immigrants during the time frame of this novel. Compare it to today's mobile society. Use examples from the novel to support your essay.

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