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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. When did Garbes' parents migrate to the U.S.?

2. When was the organization Wages for Housework formed?

3. When did Tillie Olsen write about how motherhood means being interruptible?

4. How many children did Garbes' grandmother have?

5. What city did Garbes' grandparents live in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Philippines greatest export?

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

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

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

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

6. What are Garbes' thoughts about care work?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Care work is seen as low-wage labor. Why is care work seen as low-wage labor? Why should caring for children have a higher priority and pay higher wages?

Essay Topic 2

Garbes’ relationship with nature has changed. How has Garbes’ relationship with nature changed? How has her family taught her the importance of nature?

Essay Topic 3

Reproductive labor is the work required to care for children and household members, do household chores, and keep everyone physically and emotionally healthy. How essential is reproductive labor? If it is so essential, why is it devalued?

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