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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 2, how much did Roberto and Francisco earn for working in the fields on Saturday and Sunday?

2. In Chapter 4, where did Francisco put the bust he received from his family?

3. In Chapter 6, what did Francisco score on his social studies test on the United States Consitution?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 5, what did Francisco pick with his father?

5. In Chapter 6, which teacher walked up and down the hall to keep the eighth graders quiet before the graduation ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 1, why did Roberto and Francisco go back to the United States alone?

4. In Chapter 7, why was Francisco the only one who joined Papa picking strawberries in the summer?

5. In Chapter 5, what happened when Francisco's father tried to be a sharecropper?

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 7, what did Roberto, Francisco, and Papa get paid for working for Ito, and why did Papa get more money?

8. In Chapter 9, what happened the morning when Francisco was running a few minutes late for P.E. class?

9. 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?

10. In Chapter 2, what did Francisco miss when he and Roberto were alone in their house without their family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Francisco endured many challenges that helped him grow up. What challenges and events did Francisco endure that helped him mature and come of age during the time in his life that he writes about in the book?

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’s English teacher suggested that he read The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Why did Miss Bell suggest that he read the book? What did the book represent for him and how did it help him to learn to enjoy reading?

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