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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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. What food had Francisco and Roberto requested that their mother Joaquina refrain from packing in their school lunches?
(a) Nachos.
(b) Pulled pork.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Tacos.

3. In what grade did Francisco become enamored with the music of Elvis Presley?
(a) 6th.
(b) 8th.
(c) 9th.
(d) 11th.

4. How many hours per week did Francisco work during his first summer home from college?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 70.
(d) 60.

5. Toto was the nickname of which member of the Jimenez family?
(a) Ruben.
(b) Roberto.
(c) Rorra.
(d) Torito.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cavities did Francisco have filled when Robert Easton paid for him to see a dentist?

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

3. Father Warren taught classes in what discipline?

4. In what year did Francisco leave home to attend college in California?

5. How many younger siblings did Francisco have at the time he set out for college?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which aspect of Jimenez's departure for college causes him unexpected pain?

2. Discuss a scene in which Jimenez employs sensory details in order to create a particular mood.

3. Name every member of Jimenez's immediate family.

4. Which member of the Jimenez family is singled out as the person he will miss the most and why?

5. What caused Jimenez to join the Reserve Officers Training Corps during college?

6. What part of Jimenez's membership in the ROTC did he loathe?

7. What did a green uniform used to signify for Jimenez and why?

8. In what way does the theme of shame emerge within the chapter of Reaching Out entitled "A Compromise"?

9. Discuss a time in the memoir when Jimenez uses the motif of dreams to highlight the emotional messages within a particular scene.

10. For what length of time did the Jimenez family live in the United States after their first arrival there?

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