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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. What does Jay say Em is studying in “Every Single Surviving Word"?

2. What does Seth intend to study in college, according to the narrator in "Wisdom from on High"?

3. Where does Jay's plane land before Manila in "Like a Fog"?

4. What word in the novel refers to the drug that they call methamphetamine in the Philippines?

5. Where was Jose Rizal executed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jay imagine doing when he encounters his uncle in “The Strength of My Conviction"?

2. How would you describe Jay's relationships with his siblings?

3. What are balikbayan boxes and what do they symbolize?

4. Where does Jay live? Where was he born and where did he grow up?

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

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

7. How does Jay feel about his future plans in the beginning of the novel?

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

9. What do Mia and Jay do during their time together in “You Can Hold Onto Me if You Need To"?

10. What event does Jun describe in his letter that Jay reads on the plane in “The Strength of My Conviction"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Jay's feelings of ambivalence about his future in the beginning of Patron Saints of Nothing. Where has Jay been accepted to college? Do you think he would have been more excited about attending if he had been accepted to the other schools where he applied? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style of Patron Saints of Nothing. From what perspective is the story related? In what tense is it related? Why is this narrative style important to the work?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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