Read the sentences and choose the correct answer. Shade the box that corresponds to your answer. PLIANT LIKE THE BAMBOO 1. It was a tree that was compared to the Filipino people. Narra b. Mahogany C. Bamboo d. Mangga 2. Pliant means Rigid b. Stiff c. flexible d. Inflexible 3. He is the author of the story Pliant like a Bamboo. Israel V. Mallari b. Israel IV Mallari C. Israel V Mallari d. Ismael IV Mallari 4. Following are the descriptions in the Mango tree as the wind blew its hardest EXCEPT for It would not sway b. It was too proud. c. It was not sure of itself d. it stood fast 5. This character at the beginning of the essay was described as strong and sturdy. Bamboo plant b. Colonizer c. Filipino d. Mango tree 6. These are the nationalities who colonized the Philippines except... a. Americans b. Indians c. Japanese d. Spaniards 7. These colonizers dominated the Philippines for more that three hundred years but left the Filipinos much richer in experience and culture. a. Americans b. Japanese C. Spaniards d. Filipinos 8. These colonizers used more subtle means of winning over the Filipinos to their mode of living and thinking. a. Americans b. Japanese c. Spaniards d. Filipinos 9. These colonizers came like a storm, like a plague of locusts, like a pestilence - rude, relentless, and cruel; but the Filipinos learned to cooperate with them. a. Americans b. Japanese C. Spaniards d. Filipinos 10. The word essay has origins in the French word "exigere" which means To examine a. b. to try c. both A and B d. none of the above.
