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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. 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”?
(a) 120.
(b) 25.
(c) 80.
(d) 170.

2. When was Rodrigo Duterte elected president of the Philippines?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2018.
(d) 2016.

3. When is the letter from Jun dated that Jay reads in "Some Small Rebellion"?
(a) March 4, 2012.
(b) December 2, 2013.
(c) September 29, 2013.
(d) May 12, 2005.

4. How old is Grace said to be in “A New Silence Arrives”?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

5. What college does Seth say the Unibomber attended in "Wisdom from on High"?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Brown.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what kind of paper are Jun's letters written on, according to the narrator in "How He Lived"?

2. What does Tito Maning say he told his younger brother to study to be rather than a nurse in “Every Single Surviving Word"?

3. What does Seth intend to study in college, according to the narrator in "Wisdom from on High"?

4. What does Jay lie and say he will study in college when he is grilled by Tito Maning in “Every Single Surviving Word"?

5. Of what faith was Jun's family?

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