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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is significant about the day of Scene 12?
(a) It is the anniversary of the Philippine independence.
(b) It is Daisy Avila's birthday.
(c) It is the first day of the film festival.
(d) It is Christmas.

2. Why does Carreon not want to play golf in Scene 12?
(a) He is missing his first child's birth.
(b) He is using old clubs.
(c) He is bad at the game.
(d) He is disgusted by Avila's ideology.

3. At the beginning of Dogeaters, what national event is about to happen in Manila?
(a) Imelda Marcos' birthday.
(b) Ferdinand Marcos' Golden Jubillee.
(c) Manila International Film Festival.
(d) Philippine Independence Day.

4. Whose son is Boomboom?
(a) Marcos.
(b) Alacran.
(c) Ledesma.
(d) Avila.

5. In Scene 14, what is Lolita Luna high on?
(a) Quaaludes.
(b) Mescaline.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Cocaine.

6. What does Trini declare herself to be at the end of Scene 6?
(a) An idealist.
(b) A feminist.
(c) A socialist.
(d) An artist.

7. Who drags Lolita Luna out of Studio 54 in Scene 14?
(a) Perlita.
(b) General Ledesma.
(c) Joey Sands.
(d) Tito.

8. Which character in Scene 12 refuses to enjoy himself?
(a) Severo Alacran.
(b) Lieutenant Carreon.
(c) Senator Avila.
(d) Joey Sands.

9. Why is the Odeon failing in Manila?
(a) The Film Center construction is blocking the entrance.
(b) A new multiplex has opened.
(c) Fewer films are coming to the Philippines.
(d) The owners are trying to sink it.

10. Why is Senator Avila well known in the Philippines?
(a) He is morried into the Marcos family.
(b) He is vice president.
(c) He is leader of the opposition party.
(d) He was once a movie star.

11. In Scene 11, whose accusations does Imelda Marcos deny?
(a) Perlita's.
(b) Avila's.
(c) Reagan's.
(d) Ledesma's.

12. Who are Nestor Noralez and Barbara Villanueva?
(a) Radio stars.
(b) FIlm critics.
(c) Itinerrants in Manila.
(d) Former Philippine presidents.

13. In Scene 3, why is Rio returning to Manila?
(a) She missed her family.
(b) Her grandmother has died.
(c) She is attending school there.
(d) She has a job there,

14. What performer does Perlita emulate in Scene 14?
(a) Donna Summers.
(b) Lena Horne.
(c) Gloria Gaynor.
(d) Diana Ross.

15. Who do Rio and Pucha gossip about in Scene 9?
(a) Harrison Ford.
(b) A new sex show in Manila.
(c) Imelda Marcos.
(d) Daisy Avila.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interrupts Carreon as he tees off in Scene 12?

2. What does Alacran recommend in Scene 12 after Carreon skulks off?

3. In Scene 10, why is Joey excited about the night's DJ gig?

4. What is Senator Avila pressing the government for?

5. What did Mallat measure during his time in the Philippines?

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