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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 word refers to the Filipino version of pork rinds?

2. What word in "Bravery As If it Were My Own" refers to "Pig intestines boiled in blood and soy sauce" (264)?

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

4. Who does Tito Maning refer to as the Philippines' greatest president in “That Last Part Aloud”?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where do Jay and Mia go in “The Wide Eyes of the Lost"? Who goes with them?

3. What do the vehicles in the ravine symbolize in “Go Back to Sleep"?

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

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

6. Who does Maning regard as the greatest of Filipino leaders? Why is this significant?

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

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

9. What poem is discussed in “This Poem is a Typhoon"? How does the poem affect Jay?

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

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

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 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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