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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. How old is Garbes in Chapter 6?
2. What color does Garbes think of when she remembers the family van?
3. In Chapter 7, what sport does Garbes' 13-year-old niece like to play?
4. In Chapter 6, what color was the linoleum in the house when Garbes was a kid?
5. How many cups of rice could the rice maker cook that Garbes family used for ordinary days?
Short Essay Questions
1. On Jeju Island in South Korea, who are the haenyeo and how do the skills of the older women enrich the culture?
2. What were some snacks Garbes enjoyed as a child?
3. Why is it important for mothering to equip children to accept and respect their bodies?
4. What is the "big clothes closet" (102)?
5. How does Garbes come from a long-line of hair dyers, and why did she quit dying her hair?
6. Why did the Wongs update their house before they sold it to the Garbes and why did they move?
7. What does Garbes realize about her feelings of being fat when she was a youth?
8. How can the emphasis on exercise be emotionally and physically damaging to the disabled, and what do the disabled have to realize?
9. How might understanding of sport, movement, exercise, and health be expanded?
10. How did Garbes' father become disillusioned with managed health care?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Garbes’ mother did not support and guide Garbes in dealing with and accepting her body. Why did Garbes’ mother not support and guide her in dealing with and accepting her body? How did that lack of guidance affect Garbes? Why is it important for mothers and caregivers to help children understand their bodies?
Essay Topic 2
The Philippines' biggest export is labor. How is migration institutionalized in the Philippines, and how does it affect laborers who emigrate?
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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