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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 10, what did Mike Nevel offer to pay Roberto for washing windows?

2. How tall was Francisco in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 5, how many acres did Francisco's father sharecrop in Chapter 5?

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

5. In Chapter 9, how many points did the P.E. teacher give Francisco for not having tennis shoes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 2, how did Roberto lose and then get his janitor job back?

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

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

7. In Chapter 8, what did Francisco decide to memorize and why?

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

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

10. In Chapter 4, what did Roberto and Francisco do to get the house ready for their family?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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