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

2. How many people did Ukeles meet in person in conjunction with her work Touch Sanitation Performance?
(a) 5,700.
(b) 8,500.
(c) 7,100.
(d) 6,200.

3. When did Tillie Olsen write about how motherhood means being interruptible?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1970.

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. How many months did Ukeles spend meeting individual department employees in conjunction with her work Touch Sanitation Performance?
(a) 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Garbes' mother raise?

2. When was the capital city of the Philippines decimated during the Battle of Manila?

3. How old was Ima when she quit working all the time at her wholesale market?

4. Where was Garbes' parents' first apartment in the U.S.?

5. How long had Garbes' parents known one another when they immigrated to the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did poet Ocean Vuong say about love for the Vietnamese?

2. 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?

3. What were balikbayan boxes?

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

5. What are Garbes' thoughts about care work?

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

7. How does Garbes believe children should be raised?

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

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

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

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