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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. 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) About $250,000.
(b) $275,000.
(c) Over $300,000.
(d) $325,000.

2. What heritage do Gerbes' daughters have on their father's side?
(a) Welsh.
(b) Czech German.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

3. What type of nurse was Garbes' mother for most of her career in America?
(a) Hospice.
(b) Labor and deliveery.
(c) Neonatal ICU.
(d) Pediatric.

4. In how many countries around the world are Filipinx people employed as nannies, house cleaners, and elder-care workers?
(a) Over 130.
(b) About 150.
(c) 100.
(d) 90.

5. When was the organization Wages for Housework formed?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Garbes' parents meet at Manila's Philippine General Hospital?

2. If women around the world made minimum wage for all the unpaid hours of care work they did in 2019, how much would they have earned?

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

4. 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?

5. What was the name of Gerbes' paternal grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Garbes write about mothering and what it taught children about their bodies and needs?

2. What does Garbes believe is the basis of our economic system?

3. What are two ways that Garbes handles times when her toddler refuses to get dressed or wear anything other than a dress that is in the washing machine?

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

5. Why did Garbes' mother refuse the domestic worker her mother, Ima, had offered to send with her when she emigrated from the Philippines?

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

7. For the four months of the quarantine, how did Garbes' family spend their time?

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

9. What were balikbayan boxes?

10. What is the Invisible Labor Calculator, and what did Garbes discover her salary would be if she was paid for the hours tending her family and home?

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