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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator opens the Prologue with the line, "It was a day of soil, sunlight, and" what (xiii)?

2. What month is it in the beginning of "Wisdom from on High"?

3. What is Jay's mother's profession?

4. What does the man in Jay's dream do just before Jay awakens in "A Visit"?

5. What was Jun's legal name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jay feel about his family's religion and church?

2. Describe Jay's dream in “A Visit." What imagery is used in the dream?

3. In what ways are Jay and Jun similar? How are they different?

4. Why does Jay begin to panic after arriving at the airport in “A New Silence Arrives"?

5. Who is Rodrigo Duterte and how does he factor into the novel?

6. What did Jun write about wanting to be when he grew up in his letter from "Things Inside"? How was he criticized for this?

7. Who are Jessa and Mia? How are they described?

8. What do Jun's letters symbolize to Jay?

9. How is the room that Jay is staying in described in “Some Small Rebellion"?

10. What information does Jay learn about Jun's death from his mother in the beginning of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss three symbols in Patron Saints of Nothing. What does this symbol represent? How does each symbol connect to the characters in the novel? What themes are connected to each theme?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of addiction in Patron Saints of Nothing. How has drug addiction affected Filipino society? When did the drug war begin there? What are the repercussions of the drug war?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the setting of the slums in Patron Saints of Nothing. What brings Jay and Mia here? Who goes with them? What does Jay observe about the people of the slums and their homes?

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