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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 is Tita Chato said to smell of in the beginning of "Fail Him in Death"?

2. Who wrote the book Selections from the Prison Notebooks that Jay sees among Jun's possessions in "This Poem is a Typhoon"?

3. Who is driving Jay and Grace back to their grandparents' home in "To Resurrect"?

4. How many times does Tito Maning say he has met the Filipino president in “That Last Part Aloud”?

5. What does Jay say "All of the adults are" doing in "New Life" (284)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where does Jay find Jun's letters in “Bravery as if it Were my Own"? What does this reveal?

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

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

9. How and when did Jun leave Reyna?

10. What does Jay learn about Jun in “New Life"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe and discuss the setting of Tito Chato and Tito Ines's home. Where do they live in relation to Tito Maning? How is their home different than Maning's? How does their home reflect upon them and their lifestyles?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Reyna in Patron Saints of Nothing. Where does Jay meet this character? What was her relationship to Jun? How did she come to live where she lives?

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