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

2. Who is the first neighbor to arrive after the karaoke machine is set up and introduce herself to Jay in "Everyone Loses Their Shit"?
(a) Tita Bibi.
(b) Tita Maria.
(c) Tita Rosa.
(d) Tita Lena.

3. Who painted Spolarium?
(a) Ricardo Austin.
(b) Juan Luna.
(c) Rodrigo Nino.
(d) James Tully.

4. What does Jay say "All of the adults are" doing in "New Life" (284)?
(a) "Lying."
(b) "Looking away."
(c) "Failing us."
(d) "Out of their minds."

5. What does Tita Ines call the soup she brings to Jay in "Fail Him in Death"?
(a) Lechon.
(b) Balut.
(c) Kare-kare.
(d) Sinigang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What traditional activity does Jay take over from his uncle in "Bravery As If it Were My Own"?

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

3. Who was Jay's first girlfriend?

4. What is Shabu said to be in "New Life"?

5. Where does Tita Chato say Tito Danilo is in "Bravery As If it Were My Own"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Reyna meet Jun?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How is Lolo and Lola's home described in “Bravery as if it Were my Own"?

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

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

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