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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mia say she is studying in “You Can Hold Onto Me if You Need To"?
(a) UP-Diliman.
(b) Ateno de Manila.
(c) University of Santo Tomas.
(d) Polytechnic University.

2. What does Jay describe feeling like in the end of "Grounded"?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A lion.
(c) A bird.
(d) A cat.

3. Who awakens Jay in the beginning of “Every Single Surviving Word"?
(a) Grace.
(b) Angel.
(c) Tita Ami.
(d) Tito Maning.

4. Who stars in Hitch?
(a) Matthew McConaughey.
(b) Will Smith.
(c) James Wood.
(d) Jim Carey.

5. Who informs Jay of his cousin's death in "Unanswered"?
(a) Chris.
(b) Jay's mother.
(c) Jay's father.
(d) Em.

6. What was Jay holding as he wept in the Prologue?
(a) A dead puppy.
(b) A dead rabbit.
(c) A dead bird.
(d) A dead kitten.

7. Who nudges Jay awake in church in "The Word of God"?
(a) Tita Ami.
(b) Grace.
(c) Tito Maning.
(d) Angel.

8. Who does Grace leave with for a few hours at the mall in "Lead the Way"?
(a) Maria.
(b) Jessa.
(c) Laura.
(d) Tita Ami.

9. What is printed on the hoodie that Seth gives Jay in "Wisdom from on High"?
(a) "Harvard."
(b) "Princeton."
(c) "Michigan."
(d) "Yale."

10. What word in the novel refers to the drug that they call methamphetamine in the Philippines?
(a) Jowa.
(b) Kilig.
(c) Unmesa.
(d) Shabu.

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

12. Who gives Jun the key to Tito Maning's desk drawer in “Not an Answer to the Question”?
(a) Angel.
(b) Maria.
(c) Grace.
(d) Tita Ami.

13. How long is the visa that Jay is granted at the immigration office in Manila for in “A New Silence Arrives”?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 months.

14. What word in the novel refers to a person's aunt in English?
(a) Ati.
(b) Tita.
(c) Tito.
(d) Lola.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jay's mother's profession?

2. What month is it in the beginning of "Wisdom from on High"?

3. The narrator opens the Prologue with the line, "It was a day of soil, sunlight, and" what (xiii)?

4. What does Tito Maning forbid his children from owning?

5. What Tagalog word means "gifts for the family" in "Like a Fog" (56)?

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