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

2. Who performed the song "Call Me Maybe"?
(a) Celine Dion.
(b) Imelda Papin.
(c) Carly Rae Jepsen.
(d) Britney Spears.

3. What drug did Tito Maning find in Jun's room when he kicked him out?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Meth.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Heroin.

4. What does Jay recall seeing down the cliffsides on his last visit to his grandparents' in "Go Back to Sleep"?
(a) Vehicles.
(b) Deer.
(c) Mountain goats.
(d) Bears.

5. Who performed the song "Titanic" that Tita Ines sings in karaoke in "Everyone Loses Their Shit"?
(a) Imelda Papin.
(b) Celine Dion.
(c) Madonna.
(d) Britney Spears.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who wrote America Is in the Heart?

4. In what language do Jay's aunts and uncles speak with Lolo and Lola in "Bravery As If it Were My Own"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What arrangements has Mia made in “Let’s Do It"?

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 did Jun go after his father kicked him out of his home? For how long did he stay there?

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

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

10. How did Jun come to live with Reyna?

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