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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Making of a Soldier, A Compromise, Cervantes Hall, Reaching Out, and A Stranger's Gift.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What method did Francisco use to write the final draft of his first English essay at college?
(a) He borrowed Smokey's typewriter.
(b) He used the word processor in the student union.
(c) He used a mimeograph machine.
(d) He used neat handwriting.

2. How many younger siblings did Francisco have at the time he set out for college?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. Which author's work was the focus of Francisco's first English essay assigned in college?
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Kate Chopin.
(d) Virginia Woolf.

4. To what California city did Francisco travel in order to attend college at the start of the memoir?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Chico.
(c) Santa Clara.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. In what California city was Robert Easton born?
(a) Santa Cruz.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) San Jose.

Short Answer Questions

1. The barracks in which Francisco's family lived along with other migrant workers was a relic from which war?

2. As Francisco set out for college with his family, he knew that he would miss which member of his family the most?

3. Toto was the nickname of which member of the Jimenez family?

4. What work position did Roberto hold both before and after his wedding to Darlene?

5. What food did Francisco and Roberto ask their mother Joaquina to pack in their school lunches in lieu of the food they did not want?

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