Ch. 38-40
Carlos retreats to this public institution where he plans to read ten thousand books.
What is the Los Angeles Public Library?
The city that Carlos returned to at the beginning of chapter 41
What is Los Angeles
The transportation where Carlos met Mary on their way to LA
What is a bus?
The child that caused Carlos to reminisce about his upbringing
Who is Jose's child?
The event which caused U.S. to retaliate with nuclear warfare
What is the Bombing of Pearl Harbor?
These challenges reflect the struggles Filipino immigrants faced.
What were the 10 main difficulties Filipinos experienced in America?
The name of the representative that introduced a bill in a Congress proposing Filipino citizenship
Vito Marcantonio
The person who told Carlos to write instead of committing more crimes.
Who is Ganzo?
The people who weren't allowed to enlist in the military, the rights of which Carlos fought for.
Who are Filipino Americans/Immigrants?
The number of siblings Carlos has
What is 7?
Carlos met this person who is one of three Filipino farm labor contractors.
Who is Cabao?
This character said,
"I worked with the people there, taught their children, and helped some of their women. I went to Manila and helped in the formation of the Philippine Writers' League, an organization of artists and writers with progressive ideas."
Who is Jean Lawson?
What is a gun?
Published in 1942, it is Carlos' first book of poems
What is "Letter From America"?
The person who helped Carlos get out of town and avoid the patrolmen.
Who is Steve Laso?
Carlos has a dream/memory involving a banana tree and being driven home by this figure.
Who is the police chief (or “a police officer”) who drives him home in the dream?
Carlos met this man on the street, bringing him back to his childhood memories.
Who is Amado
The place where Ganzo retreat after Mary and Amado left
What is Pismo Beach?
Amado, Macario, the Shoe shiner, and Carlos' other friends all share this destination in common
What is the Navy?
The color of the rug in the living room in the house of the American woman who invited Carlos.
What is white?
Carlos confronts Percy Toribio about his hesitation to affiliate the union with either of these two major labor organizations.
What are the CIO and AFL?
He was one of Lucia Simpson's students. He practiced tribalism. Who was Rios and what did he practice?
Who is Rios?
The title of Carlos's short story
What is "The Laughter of My Father"?
Macario vandalized this hero's likeness
Who is Jose Rizal?
Carlos debates forming this type of organization to support Filipino workers.
What is a socialist or Filipino labor organization?