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

2. In what year was the Jimenez family deported to Mexico before returning to immigrate to the United States legally?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1982.

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

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

5. At what time of the morning did upperclassmen bang on the door of Francisco and Smokey to force them to learn a song?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. The driver's side door in the Jimenez family car required which object to hold it closed?

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

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

4. To what California city did Francisco travel in order to attend college at the start of the memoir?

5. What was Francisco's response when his college roommate Smokey asked him where he was born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. For what reason do Jimenez's mother and father stay in the car during the move into the dormitory?

4. What major event is taking place at the time of the memoir's opening?

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

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

7. How did Jimenez come to be an avid fan of Elvis Presley?

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

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

10. Describe an instance when Jimenez uses a simile in order to underscore the nature of a particular emotion.

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