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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An American Citizen, Memories of a Barrack, In Solidarity, Providence, and Commencement.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Jimenez tells the reader that his friendship with Rafael had helped him to understand which of his family members more completely?
(a) His sister Rorra.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother Joaquina.
(d) His brother Roberto.

3. In what location did Francisco attend a court proceeding designed to recognize new United States citizens?
(a) The University of Santa Clara library.
(b) Fresno.
(c) Sunnyvale.
(d) San Francisco.

4. In what grade did Francisco realize that he aspired to become a teacher?
(a) 6th.
(b) 10th.
(c) 8th.
(d) 12th.

5. What work position did Roberto hold both before and after his wedding to Darlene?
(a) Landscaper.
(b) Janitor.
(c) Cook.
(d) Accountant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who advised Francisco to apply for a job as a prefect during his junior year of college?

2. Francisco wrote an essay about "The Allegory of the Cave" written by which philosopher?

3. Ruben Dario was an artist from Nicaragua who created what type of art?

4. Jimenez reveals late in the narrative that his professors had called him by what name?

5. Jimenez shared with Laura in the chapter entitled "A Secret Revealed" that his family had come to the United States illegally when he was how old?

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