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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. In Chapter 2, how often was Roberto paid when he worked at Main Street School?

2. In Chapter 7 during the summer, what afternoons would Ito allow his workers to have off?

3. In Chapter 9, where did Francisco get another pair of tennis shoes?

4. In Chapter 2, what did Francisco remember his mother using to make roll the dough for tortillas?

5. In Chapter 6, what was the hardest task for Francisco in school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Francisco and Roberto learn to dance in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 10, why did the family fall behind on their rent payments?

3. In Chapter 7, why was Francisco the only one who joined Papa picking strawberries in the summer?

4. In Chapter 8, what classes was Mr. Kinkade, Francisco's counselor, going to put Francisco in, and why did he change his mind?

5. In Chapter 9, how did Francisco get athlete's foot?

6. In Chapter 7, how did Francisco look when his father cut his hair, and how did his mother help him?

7. In Chapter 6, what report did Francisco write for science, and what grade did he receive?

8. In Chapter 5, what happened when Francisco's father tried to be a sharecropper?

9. In Chapter 6, how did Francisco and his classmates practice for their eighth grade graduation?

10. In Chapter 2, what did Francisco miss when he and Roberto were alone in their house without their family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Francisco’s English teacher suggested that he read The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Why did Miss Bell suggest that he read the book? What did the book represent for him and how did it help him to learn to enjoy reading?

Essay Topic 2

The Jimenez family immigrated to the United States illegally, but later got their green cards. How did emigrating affect the lives of family members? How did it affect the goals they made?

Essay Topic 3

Francisco endured many challenges that helped him grow up. What challenges and events did Francisco endure that helped him mature and come of age during the time in his life that he writes about in the book?

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