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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. What excuse does Joey give for leaving in Scene 17?
(a) He is getting cigarettes.
(b) He has to pee.
(c) He needs a drink.
(d) He has a bus to catch.

2. What does Daisy debate to herself after confession in Scene 4?
(a) Whether to leave Manila.
(b) Whether to commit suicide.
(c) Whether to plea for mercy to the Marcoses.
(d) Whether to confront Ledesma.

3. What is Avila on his way to when he is killed at the end of Act I?
(a) A meeting.
(b) A protest.
(c) His daughter's room.
(d) Church.

4. What does "ka" mean?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Lover.
(c) Fool.
(d) Comrade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rio rail against at the end of Scene 1?

2. Which ominous military maneuver happens after Avila's murder?

3. What periodical does Jacob work for?

4. In Scene 16, Senator Avila says he sent Daisy's mother away for what reason?

5. Who is murdered in Scene 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lolita Luna worried in Scene 6?

2. How does Fassbinder show himself to be disingenuous in Scene 17?

3. How is Daisy interrogated in Scene 8?

4. How does Joey steal from Fassbinder in Scene 17?

5. In what state is Daisy Avila in Scene 16?

6. What is revealed about life in Manila at the end of Scene 4?

7. How does Imelda Marcos foil Bob Stone's planned interview in Scene 10?

8. How does Uncle betray Joey in Scene 4?

9. How does Perlita save Joey's life in Scene 5?

10. Describe Daisy's Scene 9 interaction with her dead father.

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