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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. What color eyes did Miss Bell have?

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

3. In Chapter 12, what grade did Francisco get on a composition that he wrote about the lesson he learned from a story?

4. In Chapter 12, what was the only subject that Francisco did not receive good grades his freshman year?

5. In Chapter 13, how often would Papa allow Francisco and Roberto to go out?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what name does Francisco decide would be a good name for his Spanish club, and what do his classmates think?

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

3. In Chapter 17, what did Francisco's parents think about the 1960 presidential candidates?

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 11, how did Francisco describe the requirements of typing class and how he did at first?

6. In Chapter 14, why did Francisco not like to drive the family DeSoto?

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 18, what were the Junior Scandals?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Francisco’s mother encouraged him frequently. How did Mama serve as a peacemaker between Francisco and his father? How did her faith affect their relationship? How would you describe the relationship between Francisco and his mother?

Essay Topic 2

From the children to the grownups, the Jimenez family worked from early morning to evening. What type of work did family members do? Why did they have to work so hard? What was communicated about hard work through their experiences.

Essay Topic 3

Francisco was very close to his family. How did the family need one another just to survive? Why was family so important to each one of them?

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