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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. How many Filipino contractors control about 3,000 Filipino workers?

2. Where is Carlos when Pearl Harbor is attacked?

3. Which of the following characters is able to obtain a visa to go to Spain?

4. What does Carlos want to do when he recovers?

5. Where does Carlos tell Macario he is going?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Carlos shows his published book to Amado at the bar?

2. Why does Carlos spend time with the San Fernando crew leader's wife?

3. Where are Carlos and Macario when the police search them?

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

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

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

7. In Macario's absence, what happens to Carlos and Eileen?

8. How long does the relationship between Carlos and Eileen last?

9. What does Amado give to Carlos as he goes to join the Navy?

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

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

Describe the role of physical disabilities in this novel. Include examples of how they are described and their impact on success for the characters.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing racial issues which are described throughout the novel. Make an evaluation as to the level of racial issues present during the time frame of the novel and present day.

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