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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 would always be served for a meal at Ima's?

2. When did Garbes parents decide to move to Washington State?

3. How many children did Garbes' Tita Ginny and Tito Albert have?

4. Where would Garbes family have to get the Asian pantry staples when she was a child?

5. How long did the 504 Sit-In last?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do disability and aging have in common?

4. Why did the Garbes decide a yard was not important when they bought their house?

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

6. How does Garbes come from a long-line of hair dyers, and why did she quit dying her hair?

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

8. How did Garbes family survive 2020?

9. What limits are there to verbal language, and how are explanations inadequate at times?

10. What does Garbes remember about getting the pantry staples for the foods they ate when she was a child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Philippines' biggest export is labor. How is migration institutionalized in the Philippines, and how does it affect laborers who emigrate?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Books can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a book provide clarity and flow to a narrative? What are section or chapter titles? What are some purposes of chapter titles? How does Garbes use section and chapter titles in Essential Labor?

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