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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. 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) Greeting the elders.
(d) Saying grace.

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

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

4. What was Tita Chato's profession?
(a) She was a baker.
(b) She was a teacher.
(c) She was a writer.
(d) She was a lawyer.

5. What band is playing on the radio as Jay is driven to Tita Chato's in "A Complete Waste"?
(a) The Spice Girls.
(b) The Who.
(c) The Rolling Stones.
(d) The Beatles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Jay's first girlfriend?

2. What is the home of the Filipino president called?

3. To what museum do Jay and his uncle go second in “That Last Part Aloud”?

4. What do all the neighbors call the old man who sings "My Way" in "Everyone Loses Their Shit"?

5. Reyna was the oldest of how many children in her family?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When was Reyna separated from her family? How and why did this happen?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How and when did Jun leave Reyna?

10. What is the outcome of Jay's confrontation with Tito Maning in “That Last Part Aloud"?

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