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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Not an Answer to the Question" - "The Word of God".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Jun's last letter to Jay dated?
(a) December 26, 2015.
(b) March 12, 2013.
(c) July 3, 2016.
(d) January 12, 2016.

2. When did the Maguindanao Massacre take place?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2016.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2009.

3. Who calls Jay after dinner in "A Visit"?
(a) Jay's mother.
(b) Em.
(c) Chris.
(d) Seth.

4. What Filipino word in the novel refers to a person's uncle?
(a) Ati.
(b) Tito.
(c) Lolo.
(d) Tita.

5. To what does Jay compare the jellyfish at the aquarium in “You Can Hold Onto Me if You Need To"?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Rivers.
(c) Trains.
(d) Ghosts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jay's aunt tell him he should not have done on the car ride to their home in “A New Silence Arrives”?

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

3. Of whom did Jun say after he was ordained, "Another sheep to the slaughter" (142)?

4. What side of the building is described as the quietest side in "Wisdom from on High"?

5. Who told Jun that his idea of what he wanted to be when he grew up was not stupid, based on his letter that opens "Things Inside"?

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