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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 Will and Garbes buy their house?

2. Where was Tita Tessie from?

3. When Garbes arrived at the hospital for the birth of her second daughter, how long had she been in labor to be only three centimeters dilated?

4. When Garbes would take the bus home after school, how far was the walk down her gravel road to her house?

5. How much older was Len Len than Garbes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Garbes and her cousins spend holidays, summer vacations, or impromptu weekends with one another?

2. How are Garbes and Will different in their energy levels?

3. Why is it important for mothering to equip children to accept and respect their bodies?

4. How is Garbes' mother active in the lives of her children and grandchildren?

5. What is the "big clothes closet" (102)?

6. What is the house and neighborhood like that the Garbes' live in?

7. How does Garbes feel about her Dance Church family?

8. What were some snacks Garbes enjoyed as a child?

9. What does Garbes realize about her feelings of being fat when she was a youth?

10. How did Garbes family survive 2020?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in in Essential Labor? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner?

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