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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. Smokey pointed out which similarity between himself and Smokey?
(a) Their mutual poverty.
(b) Their mutual love of sports.
(c) Their mutual need for eyeglasses.
(d) Their mutual haircuts.

2. How many pounds did Francisco gain over his freshman year of college?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

3. In what California city was the college that Robert Easton attended after graduating from high school?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Sunnyvale.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Davis.

4. What song did the upperclassmen force Francisco and Smokey to learn after waking them up early one morning?
(a) God Bless America.
(b) The university's rally song.
(c) American Pie.
(d) The university's alma mater.

5. What part of Francisco's ROTC membership did he consider a waste of time?
(a) The history lessons.
(b) The parties.
(c) The calisthenics.
(d) The drills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author's work was the focus of Francisco's first English essay assigned in college?

2. What color were the uniforms worn by the immigration officers with whom Francisco had come into contact?

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

4. What object did Francisco's father often place under his bed in hopes of warding off evil spirits?

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

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