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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 Carlos' family call him?

2. How does Carlos' cousin show him how to meet girls?

3. What is Pascual's profession in addition to running the small newspaper?

4. Which of the following are a part of Carlos' duties at the newspaper after Pascual gets sick?

5. What does Carlos steal in order to buy food when he returns to Seattle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Carlos, Jose and Miller escape?

2. What happens to Alonzo?

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

4. Why does Carlos leave the homeless shelter?

5. Why does Marian give Carlos several hundred dollars?

6. What event makes Carlos' desire to be a doctor more concrete for him?

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

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

9. What incident occurs which makes Carlos leave Montana and again jump around from state to state?

10. What does Macario vow to Carlos?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing a typical day in the life of the peasants. Include an evaluation as to this type of life style compared to your own. Be sure to include specific examples from the text to support your writing.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about Carlos' main method of dealing with problems. Make an evaluation as to the effectiveness of this method and support your evaluation with examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the sacrifices the peasants in the Philippines in the 1940's make to ensure their children receive an education. Compare this to current American society's sacrifices for education.

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