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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. Who performs the song "Harana" that is described in "Everyone Loses Their Shit"?

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

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

4. When is the letter dated that Jay finds in "Bravery As If it Were My Own"?

5. What drug did Tito Maning find in Jun's room when he kicked him out?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where are Jay and Tito Maning when Jay confronts his uncle about Jun's death in “That Last Part Aloud"? Why is this significant?

5. How and when did Jun leave Reyna?

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

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

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

9. What is the outcome of Jay's confrontation with Tito Maning in “That Last Part Aloud"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the setting of Tito Maning's home. Where does his family live? How does Tito Maning's home compare to Jay's home in the U.S.? How does this home compare with others described in Manila?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe and discuss three examples of irony in Patron Saints of Nothing. How does the author employ dramatic irony in the novel? What situational irony can be observed in the story? How is verbal irony displayed in the dialogue of the narrative?

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