Rizal in USA

The reason given by the U.S. authorities for detaining him along with some 600 Asian passengers.

• There was a cholera epitdemic from their countries of origin.
• There were known Chinese arms smugglers aboard.
• Filipinos were suspected of trying to bring in green mangoes

The place Rizal visited before going to USA

• Japan
• Bulgaria
• Germany
• Philippines

Rizal summed up his impressions of America in a letter. Who did he write to?

• Graciano Lopez Jaena
• Mariano Ponce
• Segunda Katigbak
• Andres Bonifacio

The date Rizal arrived at San Francisco, California.

• April 18, 1888
• May 12, 1888
• April 28, 1888
• April 12, 1888

Novelist who is the Japanese counterpart of Rizal who boarder the same steamer

• Tetcho Suehiro
• Nandai Mitsuo
• Yoko-San
• O Sei San

In his New York visit, he was awed by a memorial of one person. Rizal was referring to…

• Abraham Lincoln
• Hillary Clinton
• Johnson Brahm
• George Washington

Steamer Rizal rode from Japan to US

• The Belgiere
• Titanic
• The Belgic
• Orient of the Seas

He admired Niagara Falls but he wrote “not as beautiful as the falls at Los Banos.” Rizal meant

• Pagsanjan Falls
• Maria Christina Falls
• Hinulugang Taktak

On May 11, Rizal made a 14-hour stopover in Chicago. What was it that he remembered most?

• The bright lights at State street
• Expensive goods at Marshall fields
• Indian wooden statues on every cigar door

On May 8, Rizal observed a lot in Utah.  One of the following was NOT among them.

• He saw three Mormon boys in Farmington.
• Church of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City.
• He ate much at Provo for 75 Cents