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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of the $32 billion that overseas Filipinos send back to the Philippines is accounted for the the country's gross domestic product?

2. How old were Garbes' parents when they immigrated to the United States?

3. Where did Garbes grow up?

4. To what people does the poet Ocean Vuong say that love is service?

5. Where did Gerbes' spouse set up a makeshift office during the pandemic?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are Garbes' thoughts about care work?

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

6. What did Lola Lily, Garbes' maternal grandmother, do to survive?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The duties of mothering can be compared to maintenance jobs. How can mothering be compared to maintenance? What is maintained by the acts of mothering? Why is the maintenance of mothering indispensable?

Essay Topic 2

In the 1500s, an explorer from Spain discovered the Philippines. How has the Philippines been colonized by first Spain and then the U.S.? How has colonialism affected the country and its people?

Essay Topic 3

Love can be demonstrated as service. How can love be demonstrated as service? What does Garbes believe about the best way to communicate love?

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