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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. 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) Drink.
(b) Use birth control.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Use marijuana.

2. Who is the first to perform karaoke at Jay's aunts' house in "Everyone Loses Their Shit"?
(a) Jay.
(b) Gregory.
(c) James.
(d) Ines.

3. What word in "Bravery As If it Were My Own" refers to "Pig intestines boiled in blood and soy sauce" (264)?
(a) Dinuguan.
(b) Adobo.
(c) Sisig.
(d) Lechon.

4. What is Brian's last name (from "The Wide Eyes of the Lost")?
(a) Santos.
(b) Luna.
(c) Rodriguez.
(d) Rogers.

5. When was Spolarium painted?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tito Maning say Lapu-Lapu killed with a spear through the face in “That Last Part Aloud”?

2. What does Jay say "All of the adults are" doing in "New Life" (284)?

3. What does Tita Ines call the soup she brings to Jay in "Fail Him in Death"?

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

5. What sport does Jay recall playing with Jun in “Headfirst Across the Muddy Grass”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where do Jay and Mia go in “The Wide Eyes of the Lost"? Who goes with them?

3. How did Jun come to live with Reyna?

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

5. How did Reyna meet Jun?

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

7. Where are Jay and Tito Maning when Jay confronts his uncle about Jun's death in “That Last Part Aloud"? Why is this significant?

8. How and when did Jun leave Reyna?

9. How does Maning respond when he is confronted by Jay and Grace in “The Darkness Interrupted"?

10. What does Jay discover about Grace in “Another Day in the Minefield"?

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