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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. To what organization does the Philippine Scouts belong?

2. Why do Julio and Carlos flee the orchard?

3. What is Pascual's final wish?

4. At what grade level does Amado's education end?

5. What happens to Carlos as he tries to obtain a job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Felix, Nick and Carlos decide they must work on to improve?

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

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

4. Why does Marian give Carlos several hundred dollars?

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

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

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

8. Why does Macario lose his job?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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