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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which revolutionary European director hits on Joey in Scene 10?
(a) Goddard.
(b) Fassbinder.
(c) Truffaut.
(d) Polanski.

2. Why is Pucha scandalized in Scene 9?
(a) She looses her wallet.
(b) Rio wants to go to the old movie theater.
(c) The waiter hits on Rio.
(d) Her sister has a room in the hotel.

3. Where is the cafe located in Scene 9?
(a) A movie theater.
(b) A strip mall.
(c) A hotel.
(d) The central rambla.

4. What is the NPA?
(a) A trade workers' union.
(b) An insurgent group.
(c) The loyalist political party.
(d) The premier Philippine film school.

5. Why is Uncle berating Joey in Scene 4?
(a) He has been turning tricks on the side.
(b) He has been out of town.
(c) He is high.
(d) He is listening to the radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trini declare herself to be at the end of Scene 6?

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

3. In Scene 14, what is Lolita Luna high on?

4. At the beginning of Dogeaters, who does the announcer say has just met with the Marcoses?

5. What does the audience hear before the lights come up at the beginning of Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rio Gonzaga return to Manila in Scene 3?

2. How are Tito Alvarez and Lolita Luna greeted at Studio 54 in Scene 14?

3. At the beginning of Scene 10, what do Perlita and Chiquiting gossip about?

4. What is peculiar about the tryst between Trini and Romeo in Scene 15?

5. How do Trini and Romeo meet in Scene 6?

6. Who do Nestor and Barbara introduce in Scene 2?

7. How does Scene 11 end on an incongruously upbeat note?

8. Describe Daisy and Santos meeting in Scene 8.

9. What information about Daisy Avila do Nest and Barbara impart in Scene 5?

10. Describe the speech that Avila delivers in Scene 7.

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