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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was champorado with tuyo?
(a) Porridge and eggs.
(b) Eggs and potatoes.
(c) Fish and potatoes.
(d) Salty fish and porridge.

2. What was the name of Gerbes' paternal grandmother?
(a) Analyn.
(b) Lyka.
(c) Ima.
(d) Dari.

3. Where did Gerbes work during the pandemic?
(a) Guest bedroom.
(b) Garage.
(c) Dining room.
(d) Kitchen.

4. What city did Garbes' grandparents live in?
(a) Bucay.
(b) Malay.
(c) San Fernando.
(d) San Juan.

5. How old was Ima when she quit working all the time at her wholesale market?
(a) 87.
(b) 94.
(c) 90.
(d) 100.

6. Where did Garbes' mother grow up?
(a) Matabon.
(b) Paranaque.
(c) Valenzuela.
(d) Mandaluyong.

7. Who was the president of the U.S. when the U.S. acquired the Philippines?
(a) William McKinley.
(b) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(c) Chester A. Arthur.
(d) James A. Garfield.

8. How many children did Garbes' mother raise?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

9. When was the capital city of the Philippines decimated during the Battle of Manila?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1945.

10. What was the name of the woman who was in charge of Ima's kitchen for many years?
(a) Aurora.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Christina.
(d) Margo.

11. When did the New York City Council vote to include domestic workers in the city's Human Rights Law?
(a) August 2021.
(b) July 2021.
(c) June 2021.
(d) May 2021.

12. When did women in Iceland stage the Iceland Women's Strike?
(a) October 18, 1975.
(b) October 24, 1975.
(c) October 9, 1975.
(d) October 1, 1975.

13. When did Garbes' parents migrate to the U.S.?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1970.

14. How old were Gerbes' daughter in March 2020?
(a) 6 and 3.
(b) 5 and 2.
(c) 5 and 1.
(d) 4 and 1.

15. Where was Garbes' parents' first apartment in the U.S.?
(a) Harrisburg.
(b) West Philadelphia.
(c) Allentown.
(d) Pittsburgh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since when has artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles been exploring how culture devalues maintenance work?

2. When was nursing a new career option for Pinay women?

3. What is the name of the woman who has worked for Garbes' Tita Gina for nearly 50 years?

4. What ratio of Filipinos work abroad?

5. When was the organization Wages for Housework formed?

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