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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Senator Avila say that Daisy wants to do in Scene 16?
(a) Have a big, happy family.
(b) Cease existing.
(c) Help the people of the Philippines.
(d) Move to the United States.

2. Who appears as a ghost in Scene 1?
(a) Joey's mother.
(b) Rio's grandmother.
(c) Senator Avila.
(d) William McKinley.

3. Why is Daisy Avila ill in Scene 16?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She has smallpox.
(c) She is manic-depressive.
(d) She is anemic.

4. What does Daisy curse in Scene 9?
(a) Her father and God.
(b) The Philippines and Ledesma.
(c) Marcos and Santos.
(d) Herself and her child.

5. Which character is not speaking on a phone in Scene 4?
(a) Bob Stone.
(b) Joey.
(c) Lolita.
(d) Pucha.

6. What disingenuous comment does Fassbinder make to Joey at the beginning of Scene 17?
(a) He loves him.
(b) He wants to move to Manila.
(c) He thinks Joey is an artistic soul.
(d) His life has been leading to their meeting.

7. In Scene 9, Senator Avila's ghost tells Daisy she must have what?
(a) Despair.
(b) A friend.
(c) Courage.
(d) Faith.

8. What does Daisy Avila continuously call for in Scene 16?
(a) Water.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Santos.
(d) Death.

9. What can Senator Avila in succeed in doing with his daughter in Scene 16?
(a) Changing her linens.
(b) Singing her to sleep.
(c) Feeding her.
(d) Talking to her about Santos.

10. How does Joey entertain himself in Scene 17?
(a) He berates the waiter.
(b) He make up haikus.
(c) He tells wild lies to Fassbinder.
(d) He throws sugar packets at passers-by.

11. What does General Ledesma interrogate Daisy about in Scene 8?
(a) Her father.
(b) The NPA.
(c) A planned terorist strike.
(d) The unions.

12. At the end of Scene 6, what does Lolita ask Alacran to procure for her?
(a) A gun.
(b) Papers.
(c) Skin whitener.
(d) A print of a Hollywood film.

13. In what setting does Scene 17 begin?
(a) The Jeeney Cafe.
(b) Senator Avila's house.
(c) Barbara and Nestor's studio.
(d) Studio 54.

14. What is Imelda particularly proud of regarding the shoes she shows in Scene 10?
(a) They are the first she ever owned.
(b) They are handmade in Sweden.
(c) They were made in the Philippines.
(d) They were worn by Grace Kelly.

15. Who -not at the scene of the assassination - starts crying in Scene 17?
(a) Perlita.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Trini.
(d) Daisy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ledesma rebuke Carreon in Scene 8?

2. Who does Perlita order to watch Joey in Scene 5?

3. What is Rio doing at the beginning of Scene 1?

4. In Scene 11, what are most of the guerrillas' attitudes toward Joey?

5. Which of the following is something that is related to have happened after the assassination in Scene 4?

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