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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Things Inside" - “Every Single Surviving Word”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jay's plane land before Manila in "Like a Fog"?
(a) China.
(b) South Korea.
(c) North Korea.
(d) Nepal.

2. What word from "Like a Fog" translates in English to "One returning home" (56)?
(a) Maniwala.
(b) Kinaiya.
(c) Balikbayan.
(d) Libro.

3. Who is Tito Maning's maid that takes Jay's plate in “Every Single Surviving Word"?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Maria.
(c) Emily.
(d) Ati.

4. Who does Jay tell his parents asked him to visit the Philippines in "Grounded"?
(a) Jun.
(b) Grace.
(c) Angel.
(d) Tito Maning.

5. What is Jay's mother's profession?
(a) She is a judge.
(b) She is an oncologist.
(c) She is a lawyer.
(d) She is a journalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jay's father ask him to promise to do while visiting family in the Philippines in "Things Inside"?

2. Who among his children does Tito Maning say is lazy in “Every Single Surviving Word"?

3. What has disappeared from Jay's backpack in “Every Single Surviving Word"?

4. Although the national Filipino language is Tagalog, about how many languages are spoken in the country, according to the in-flight magazine Jay reads in “A New Silence Arrives”?

5. How old does the narrator say he was in the scenario described in the Prologue?

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