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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 kind of event did Francisco attend that surprised him by how good it made him feel?
2. Toto was the nickname of which member of the Jimenez family?
3. What was the mascot of the University of Santa Clara?
4. What work position did Roberto hold both before and after his wedding to Darlene?
5. Who drove when the family started out on their journey to take Francisco to college?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss a time in the memoir when Jimenez uses the motif of dreams to highlight the emotional messages within a particular scene.
2. How did Jimenez come to be an avid fan of Elvis Presley?
3. What did a green uniform used to signify for Jimenez and why?
4. What has been the nickname of Jimenez's little brother Jose Francisco throughout the boys' lives and why?
5. What part of Jimenez's membership in the ROTC did he loathe?
6. For what reason does Jimenez allude to John Steinbeck within the opening chapters of Reaching Out?
7. What unexpected benefit comes from Jimenez's donning of a green uniform for ROTC?
8. What major event is taking place at the time of the memoir's opening?
9. In what way does the theme of shame emerge within the chapter of Reaching Out entitled "A Compromise"?
10. Name every member of Jimenez's immediate family.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what way does Jimenez utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within Reaching Out and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Jimenez's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Reaching Out.
Essay Topic 3
How does Jimenez’s use of the first person point of view to tell his own story serve the purposes of the text? Discuss how Jimenez’s choice of point of view helps to advance the treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.
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