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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 5, what year was the Buick that Francisco's father bought?

2. In Chapter 2, what one thing did Francisco not miss when he and Roberto were alone?

3. In Chapter 3, in what subject did Francisco do well?

4. In Chapter 5, how old was Francisco's father when he joined the Cristero Revolt?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Francisco was in eighth grade?

2. In Chapter 1, why did Francisco live in constant fear from the time he was four until he was 14?

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

4. In Chapter 10, how did Roberto and Francisco earn extra money?

5. In Chapter 6, why was Francisco relieved that they lost their three acres of strawberries?

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

7. In Chapter 3, why did Francisco sometimes have the honor of sitting in the first seat in the first row of Mr. Milo's class?

8. In Chapter 5, what did Francisco do to deal with the boredom of picking strawberries?

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

10. In Chapter 4, how did a curandera heal Francisco's father's back?

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

Idioms are used in the book. What are idioms, and why would idioms have been difficult for Francisco and his family to understand?

Essay Topic 3

Education was very important to Francisco. What experiences in Francisco’s life caused him to see the importance of education? What challenges did he face in getting an education, and how did he overcome those challenges?

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