Pretest from the story "Love In The Cornhusk"

Tinang was married to a ______

• Manobo

• Bagobo

• Muslim

The post office of the barrio was the _____

• school

• drugstore

• barangay hall

Amado left the seńora's house because his _____ is sick.

• mother

• sister

• father

The purpose of Tinang’s visit was to ask the seńora to be the madrina in her son’s _____

• wedding

• confirmation

• baptism

“Love in the Cornhusks” was written by _____.

• Aida Rivera-Ford

• Manuel Arguilla

• Joey Ayala

The story was entitled “Love in the Cornhusks” because _____.

• Tinang received her first love letter

• Tinang remembered her lost love when she read the letter amidst the cornhusks.

• Tinang and Amado fell in love in the cornhusks.

At what point in her life did Tinang make a serious mistake?

• When she married a Bagobo without waiting for Amado’s return.

• When she allowed herself to fall in love with Amado.

• When she left the seńora’s house.

The main theme of the story is _____.

• Making impulsive decisions in life can cause misery.

• The consequences of one’s action is irreparable.

• In making life’s important decision, it is better to think twice.

What did Amado say in his letter that made Tinang intoxicated?

• “It is not easy to be far from our lover. . .

• I imagine your personal appearance coming forward. . .

• Someday, somehow I’ll be there to fulfill our promise…

• all of the above

What do these mean, “Ave Maria Santisima. Do not punish me”?

• Tinang realized that she should not have thought intensely about Amado.

• Tinang should not put her baby on the cornhusk to sleep

• both a and b