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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 poem is described as a typhoon in the ending of "This Poem is a Typhoon"?
2. What band is playing on the radio as Jay is driven to Tita Chato's in "A Complete Waste"?
3. What was Tita Chato's profession?
4. What do Jay and his aunts have for dinner in the end of "Another Day in the Minefield"?
5. Who does Tito Maning refer to as the Philippines' greatest president in “That Last Part Aloud”?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do Jay's aunts take him in “To Flood"? How is this setting described?
2. Why is Jay's memory/flashback significant in “Headfirst Across the Muddy Grass"?
3. What poem is discussed in “This Poem is a Typhoon"? How does the poem affect Jay?
4. What do the vehicles in the ravine symbolize in “Go Back to Sleep"?
5. Where do Jay and Mia go in “The Wide Eyes of the Lost"? Who goes with them?
6. What does Jay discover about Grace in “Another Day in the Minefield"?
7. Why does Jay come to hope for the best in “A Complete Waste"?
8. What is the outcome of Jay's confrontation with Tito Maning in “That Last Part Aloud"?
9. What does Jay learn about Jun in “New Life"?
10. What do Jay's aunts do to cheer him up in “Everyone Loses Their Shit"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of grief in Patron Saints of Nothing. How do each of the characters in this novel grieve differently? How does Jay's uncovering of the truth around Jun's death affect his grief? How does Grace demonstrate her grief over the loss of her brother?
Essay Topic 3
Examine and discuss journalism and the quest for truth as themes/motifs in Patron Saints of Nothing. What characters in the novel are connected to these themes? How do these characters influence Jay? How does the meaning of truth change for Jay in the course of the novel?
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