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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. Since when has artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles been exploring how culture devalues maintenance work?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1967.

2. When did Garbes' parents meet at Manila's Philippine General Hospital?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1967.

3. What is the name of the woman who has worked for Garbes' Tita Gina for nearly 50 years?
(a) Davina.
(b) Evangeline.
(c) Ivy.
(d) Celia.

4. When Garbes tracked the hours she spent tending to her family and home, how much did the Invisible Labor Calculator indicate her annual wage should be?
(a) $275,000.
(b) $325,000.
(c) About $250,000.
(d) Over $300,000.

5. Between 1966 and 1985, how manay Filipino nurses are estimated to have migrated to the U.S.?
(a) At least 25,000.
(b) About 20,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 30,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cities make up Manila?

2. How many children did Garbes' mother raise?

3. How many months did Ukeles spend meeting individual department employees in conjunction with her work Touch Sanitation Performance?

4. What was the name of the woman who was in charge of Ima's kitchen for many years?

5. When did Spanish explorer Ruy Lopez de Villalobos claim and name islands for his king that included the island that became known as the Philippines?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was being a laundress like in 1881 in Atlanta?

2. What is Garbes' father's career and what does he do all day?

3. What is the Philippines greatest export?

4. Early during the Covid-19 quarantine, what did Garbes ask herself about how to spend her time, and what did she decide?

5. Why is Garbes not entirely comfortable with household help as she observes it in the Philippines?

6. Why were the Philippines named for the King of Spain?

7. What did Lola Lily, Garbes' maternal grandmother, do to survive?

8. What was life like for Garbes before the pandemic?

9. What is reproductive labor?

10. What was it like when Garbes tried to work during the pandemic quarantine?

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