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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose daughter is the girl in Reyna's tenement in “A Universe Where People Do Not Die for Doing What Is Right”?
(a) Jun's daughter.
(b) A roommate's daughter.
(c) Her sister's daughter.
(d) Her daughter.

2. How do Jay and Grace get to the church where Tito Danilo serves in "New Life"?
(a) By taxi.
(b) By jeepney.
(c) By rickshaw.
(d) By subway.

3. What does Jay describe seeing in his eyes every time he closes them in the end of "Its Center Unsolved"?
(a) A puzzle.
(b) A candle.
(c) A clock.
(d) A window.

4. What is Shabu said to be in "New Life"?
(a) A hunger stimulant.
(b) An erotic stimulant.
(c) A harmless drug.
(d) A hunger suppressant.

5. What sport does Jay recall playing with Jun in “Headfirst Across the Muddy Grass”?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Hockey.

6. What word refers to the Filipino version of pork rinds?
(a) Balut.
(b) Kare-kare.
(c) Chicharon.
(d) Singang.

7. What is Tita Chato said to smell of in the beginning of "Fail Him in Death"?
(a) Cooking oil and soap.
(b) Hand sanitizer and baby powder.
(c) Sage and rosemary.
(d) Chicken and onions.

8. Where does Tita Chato say Tito Danilo is in "Bravery As If it Were My Own"?
(a) Vigan City.
(b) Legazpi.
(c) Daraga.
(d) Basco.

9. When did Spain cede the Philippines to the U.S.?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1905.

10. Who wrote America Is in the Heart?
(a) Ibram X. Kendi.
(b) Richard Brockman.
(c) Carlos Bulosan.
(d) James Joyce.

11. In what language do Jay's aunts and uncles speak with Lolo and Lola in "Bravery As If it Were My Own"?
(a) Aklannon.
(b) Oasnun.
(c) Cebuano.
(d) Bikol.

12. Mia says in "Let's Do It" that the Philippines is the only country in the world where it is still illegal to do what, in "Let's Do It"?
(a) Divorce.
(b) Use marijuana.
(c) Use birth control.
(d) Drink.

13. What do all the neighbors call the old man who sings "My Way" in "Everyone Loses Their Shit"?
(a) Tito.
(b) Ati.
(c) Lolo.
(d) Jojo.

14. In what language does Mia begin speaking with the woman at Jun's old home in "The Wide Eyes of the Lost"?
(a) English.
(b) Bisaya.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

15. How old was Reyna when she was taken by child traffickers?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tita Ines remark there are none of at the beach where they take Jay in "To Flood"?

2. When did Jun leave Reyna, according to her story in “A Universe Where People Do Not Die for Doing What Is Right”?

3. What website was Jun running?

4. Who wrote the book Selections from the Prison Notebooks that Jay sees among Jun's possessions in "This Poem is a Typhoon"?

5. With whom does Jay text as he is driven to Tita Chato's home in "A Complete Waste"?

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