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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 3, in what subject did Francisco do well?
2. In Chapter 6, what was Francisco to wear to his eighth grade graduation?
3. In Chapter 10, what type of van did the Santa Maria Window Cleaners have?
4. In Chapter 4, what accident did Trampita have in Mexico?
5. In Chapter 5, how old was Francisco's father when he joined the Cristero Revolt?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 7, why was Francisco the only one who joined Papa picking strawberries in the summer?
2. In Chapter 1, why did Roberto and Francisco go back to the United States alone?
3. In Chapter 2, how did Roberto lose and then get his janitor job back?
4. In Chapter 4, how did a curandera heal Francisco's father's back?
5. In Chapter 7, how did Francisco look when his father cut his hair, and how did his mother help him?
6. In Chapter 5, what happened when Francisco's father tried to be a sharecropper?
7. In Chapter 7, what did Roberto, Francisco, and Papa get paid for working for Ito, and why did Papa get more money?
8. In Chapter 10, how did Roberto and Francisco earn extra money?
9. In Chapter 2, what did Francisco miss when he and Roberto were alone in their house without their family?
10. In Chapter 8, what did Francisco decide to memorize and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The book is told from Francisco’s point of view. How does the point of view determine how readers view the narrative and the people in the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Francisco had light skin and could have passed as white, but he did not. What discrimination did Francisco face as a Mexican immigrant? Why did he not try to pass as white to avoid that discrimination? How did he embrace his Mexican heritage?
Essay Topic 3
Breaking Through is a true story. Why is the story an autobiography, rather than a biography?
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