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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crop would the rest of the family be picking in the days when Francisco watched one of his siblings inside the family car all day?
(a) Alfalfa.
(b) Blackberries.
(c) Corn.
(d) Cotton.

2. What object fell out of Francisco's father's pocket just before the arrival of the police?
(a) A pair of dice.
(b) A pack of cards.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

3. How many weeks before Francisco's arrival from college had his father departed for Mexico?
(a) 8.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

4. Francisco wrote an essay about "The Allegory of the Cave" written by which philosopher?
(a) Plato.
(b) Kant.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Locke.

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

6. While still in high school, Francisco organized a food drive for migrant families in what city?
(a) Sunnyvale.
(b) Santa Maria.
(c) Palm Desert.
(d) Cathedral City.

7. In what level of school were the students whom Francisco tutored in the Spanish language and culture in order to prepare them for community service work?
(a) College.
(b) Middle school.
(c) High school.
(d) Elementary school.

8. Which member of Francisco's father's family lived in Tlaquepaque?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

9. Anxious about troubles at home, Francisco began to engage in which activity with Smokey each morning at six?
(a) Attending Mass.
(b) Meditating.
(c) Running.
(d) Playing one-on-one basketball.

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

11. Francisco's father was under the influence of which substance when he was found sprawled out on the grass the night before a major holiday?
(a) Pain medication.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Marijuana.

12. Who broke the news to Francisco about the sudden departure of Francisco's father?
(a) Darlene.
(b) Roberto.
(c) Trampita.
(d) Joaquina.

13. The first time Francisco had dinner at Emily's house, he felt soothed by the sight of a "molcajete" (130). What is the English translation of this Spanish word?
(a) A book.
(b) A stone mortar.
(c) A jack-in-the-box.
(d) A mask.

14. Laura was the only student in Professor de Bautista's class to exhibit which trait?
(a) She was not a native Spanish speaker.
(b) She was an immigrant from Italy.
(c) She was a Fulbright scholar.
(d) She was the only woman.

15. Francisco had Dr. Martha James Hardman de Bautista as his professor for what subject?
(a) Introduction to Logic.
(b) History of Christianity.
(c) Latin American Literature.
(d) Knowledge and Reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Francisco's siblings did he often watch all day within the confines of the family car when he was young?

2. For how many credits did Francisco register during his first semester of sophomore year?

3. How old was Francisco when he tried to teach himself how to pick a particular crop?

4. Francisco stormed out of a Sodality meeting as a result of hearing what kinds of comments?

5. What position at the college did Rafael Hernandez inhabit when Jimenez first befriended him?

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