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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 is Carlos evicted?

2. Where does Carlos go to escape his own reality?

3. What does Carlos do when Macario becomes ill and needs money?

4. Where is Carlos' work beginning to get published?

5. Who does Carlos turn over the classes to when he leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Carlos denied the transfer?

2. How does Amado react to being hit with the pan by Carlos?

3. What does Carlos do once he hears that Pearl Harbor has been attacked?

4. What does Carlos find out his friends and his brother, Macario?

5. How does Carlos feel after he realizes that no one will ever destroy his faith in America?

6. Why does Carlos strike Amado with a pan?

7. Why does Carlos hate the middle and upper classes?

8. Where does Ganzo find Carlos?

9. Why do Rios, Lacson and Dozier begin to convert the CPFR chapters into the Communist Party?

10. What does Carlos hope will come from the meeting he and Jose call?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the social conditions Carlos faces throughout the text. Make evaluations and judgments about his reaction to the conditions. Use specific examples from the novel to support your position and statements.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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