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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 organization does Carlos try to help Jose keep together?

2. Where is Carlos trying to sleep when he is confronted by the police?

3. Why does Carlos' family move again?

4. In what type of business does Carlos' mother work?

5. Who tells Carlos to head to Stockton?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why are there more and more peasant uprisings?

4. Why does Carlos want to go to California?

5. What happens to Alonzo?

6. What does Macario vow to Carlos?

7. Why does Carlos leave the homeless shelter?

8. How do Carlos and Marcelo lose their money?

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

10. What must Carlos take before he can board the boat to America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the differences in class explained throughout the book and relate that to class system in America during the same time period.

Essay Topic 2

Justify the decision of Amado and Macario to join the armed services to Carlos in an essay.

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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