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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. Who were the candidates in the 1960 presidential election?

2. In Chapter 18, what office did Paul think that Francisco should run for?

3. In Chapter 18, where was Papa injured?

4. What color eyes did the girl have that Roberto danced with in Chapter 13?

5. At the end of Chapter 13, how many times did Roberto go out with Susan after she was told to stop seeing him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what discovery did Francisco make when he toured Cal Poly?

2. In Chapter 13, what did Francisco take for school lunch and why?

3. In Chapter 11, where did Francisco find an old typewriter?

4. How did Francisco describe his sophomore English teacher in Chapter 12?

5. In Chapter 14, what were driving lessons like when Roberto taught Francisco to drive?

6. In Chapter 11, how did Francisco get his own typewriter?

7. In Chapter 16, what was Francisco's Spanish teacher like?

8. In Chapter 13, what happened to a relationship that Roberto had with a girl named Susan?

9. In Chapter 19, how did Paul Takagi and Francisco become friends?

10. In Chapter 17, what was the last campaign project Francisco had to do for history, and how did he complete it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Francisco named the chapters in his book. Did the chapter titles reveal what was going to happen in a chapter? Would the chapter titles be considered spoilers?

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

In life and in school, Francisco and his family sometimes were given a second chance. What were some instances where Francisco and his family were given a second chance? How did those second chances affect their lives? How would their lives have been different without those chances?

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