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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 does Tita Ines remark there are none of at the beach where they take Jay in "To Flood"?

2. What band is playing on the radio as Jay is driven to Tita Chato's in "A Complete Waste"?

3. Who wrote America Is in the Heart?

4. To what museum do Jay and his uncle go first in “That Last Part Aloud”?

5. What do all the neighbors call the old man who sings "My Way" in "Everyone Loses Their Shit"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Reyna meet Jun?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the plot structure of Patron Saints of Nothing. What is the inciting incident in this story? Where does the climax occur? What information is related to the reader in the falling action and denouement?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of addiction in Patron Saints of Nothing. How has drug addiction affected Filipino society? When did the drug war begin there? What are the repercussions of the drug war?

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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