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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 did Ukeles accept a position as artist-in-residence at the New York City Department of Sanitation?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1977.

2. When did the confinement of women of the "Great Domestication" (54) begin?
(a) 17th century.
(b) 18th century.
(c) 16th century.
(d) 15th century.

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

4. Where did Garbes grow up?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Texas.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Pennsylvania.

5. What perks does a friend of Garbes have who works for a large social media company?
(a) Has an onsite hair salon.
(b) Can have her dry-cleaning and laundry done.
(c) Has someone to run errands.
(d) Has an onsite spa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the 20 percent of women of color in the U.S. population, what percent of childcare workers are women of color?

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

3. When did the U.S. acquire the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam from Spain?

4. What type of nurse was Garbes' mother for most of her career in America?

5. What was Garbes' paternal grandfather's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is reproductive labor?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. What was it like for Garbes' parents when they emigrated from the Philippines?

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

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

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