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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. Why does Carlos begin drinking and roaming around the West Coast?

2. Who tells Carlos to head to Stockton?

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

4. How much money does Carlos earn from his time at the cannery?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the characters so rushed to finish the harvest?

2. How do Carlos and Marcelo lose their money?

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

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

5. Why are there more and more peasant uprisings?

6. Why are many different people arriving in the city, Linagayen, as Carlos arrives there?

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

8. Why is Jose arrested?

9. What does Carlos call the turning point in his life?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Elaborate on Carlos' idea that he belongs in America in an essay using specific examples and supporting details from the novel.

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