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

2. What province did Garbes' grandparents live in?
(a) Pampanga.
(b) Bataan.
(c) Capiz.
(d) Samar.

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

4. How long had Garbes' parents known one another when they immigrated to the U.S.?
(a) Less than a year.
(b) About 10 months.
(c) 13 months.
(d) 15 months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What perks does a friend of Garbes have who works for a large social media company?

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

3. How many children did Garbes' grandmother have?

4. How many C-sections did Garbes' mother have?

5. What percent of nurses in the U.S. are Filipina?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What story does Garbes tell to show how her mother is a natural-born caretaker?

3. What is reproductive labor?

4. What was Garbes' mother's job like as a hospice nurse?

5. How does Garbes believe children should be raised?

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

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

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

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

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

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