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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Tita Baby and her family said to live in "Let's Do It"?
(a) India.
(b) The United Arab Emirates.
(c) Brazil.
(d) The United States.

2. What traditional activity does Jay take over from his uncle in "Bravery As If it Were My Own"?
(a) Lighitng the candles.
(b) Handing out gifts.
(c) Saying grace.
(d) Greeting the elders.

3. With whom does Jay text as he is driven to Tita Chato's home in "A Complete Waste"?
(a) Mia.
(b) Em.
(c) Grace.
(d) His mother.

4. When is the letter dated that Jay finds in "Bravery As If it Were My Own"?
(a) March 4, 2012.
(b) September 29, 2013.
(c) June 11, 2014.
(d) June 13, 2013.

5. What poem is described as a typhoon in the ending of "This Poem is a Typhoon"?
(a) "A Litany for Survival."
(b) "Walk on a Snowy Evening."
(c) "Ode to One Who is Lost."
(d) "The Days Run into the Hills."

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jay and his aunts have for dinner in the end of "Another Day in the Minefield"?

2. Where does Jay go with his aunts for their day off work in "To Flood"?

3. After Jun had been staying with his aunts for about a year, Tito Maning called them to say he had missed school for how long, according to their story in "Fail Him in Death"?

4. Jay states in "This Poem is a Typhoon" that "English is a language that lives" where (176)?

5. In what language does Mia begin speaking with the woman at Jun's old home in "The Wide Eyes of the Lost"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jay come to hope for the best in “A Complete Waste"?

2. What do Jay's aunts do to cheer him up in “Everyone Loses Their Shit"?

3. What poem is discussed in “This Poem is a Typhoon"? How does the poem affect Jay?

4. What do the vehicles in the ravine symbolize in “Go Back to Sleep"?

5. Where do Jay's aunts take him in “To Flood"? How is this setting described?

6. Who does Maning regard as the greatest of Filipino leaders? Why is this significant?

7. Where do Jay and Grace go in “New Life"? Why?

8. Why is Jay's memory/flashback significant in “Headfirst Across the Muddy Grass"?

9. How and when did Jun leave Reyna?

10. How is Reyna's home described in “A Universe Where People Do Not Die for Doing the Right Thing"?

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