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

2. How many cities make up Manila?
(a) 18.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 16.

3. In March 2020, when was Gerbes usually alone and able to work at home?
(a) 8:30 a.m.
(b) 8:15 a.m.
(c) 8 a.m.
(d) 8:45 a.m.

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

5. What were the names of the domestic workers who raised Garbes' mother?
(a) Myra and Olga.
(b) Adah and Cielo.
(c) Diwa and Eva.
(d) Inga and Nati.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since when has artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles been exploring how culture devalues maintenance work?

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

3. What ratio of Filipinos work abroad?

4. Where did Garbes grow up?

5. What color chair would Garbes' mother sit in when she would tend to Garbes' ear wax?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. What were balikbayan boxes?

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

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

10. How does Garbes believe children should be raised?

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