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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Francisco accompanied Smokey to a basketball game just after their completion of what task?
(a) Cleaning their room.
(b) Midterm exams.
(c) Washing the professors' cars.
(d) Final exams.

2. For how many months did Francisco and Roberto live together on their own in the United States?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

3. How many pounds did Francisco weigh when he left home to attend college?
(a) 129.
(b) 161.
(c) 145.
(d) 136.

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

5. What method did Francisco use to cope with the anxiety he felt about his academic preparation?
(a) He slept.
(b) He cleaned the dorm room.
(c) He used a pre-writing method.
(d) He called his mother.

6. Why did Francisco join the Reserve Officers Training Corp?
(a) Francisco wanted to impress his father.
(b) Francisco had aspirations of military service.
(c) Freshmen were required to join.
(d) Smokey joined.

7. What emotion did Francisco experience when he woke up and remembered the events that had taken place the night of the basketball game?
(a) Anger.
(b) Shame.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Relief.

8. The barracks in which Francisco's family lived along with other migrant workers was a relic from which war?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Spanish-American War.

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

10. Smokey found fault with which habit of Francisco's and sought to fix it?
(a) His tendency to criticize others.
(b) His avoidance of college sports matches.
(c) His poor study habits.
(d) His self-deprecation.

11. What was Francisco's response when his college roommate Smokey asked him where he was born?
(a) New York.
(b) Mexico.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) California.

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

13. How many hours per week did Francisco work before he left to attend college in California?
(a) 15.
(b) 25.
(c) 60.
(d) 35.

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

15. What kind of a bone did Joaquina often buy to serve as a base for the family's foraged vegetables?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Mutton.
(c) Beef.
(d) Turkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Robert Easton born?

2. As part of the deal between Smokey and Francisco, Francisco attended what kind of event?

3. What method did Francisco use to write the final draft of his first English essay at college?

4. What class did Francisco take from Dr. Vari?

5. What letter grade did Francisco receive on the assignment he completed for Dr. Quinn just before the end of the chapter entitled "Unexpected Turns"?

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