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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. On which of Francisco's initial days at college was he scheduled to take an English placement test?
(a) The second.
(b) The third.
(c) The ninth.
(d) The eleventh.

2. By the time Francisco met Robert Easton, he had been to a dentist how many times in his life?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

3. In what California city was Cervantes Hall located?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Fresno.
(c) Sunnyvale.
(d) Hayward.

4. In what activity did the Jimenez family often engage within their storage shed next to their home in the barracks?
(a) They took baths.
(b) They grew herbs.
(c) They held parties.
(d) They cooked food.

5. The driver's side door in the Jimenez family car required which object to hold it closed?
(a) A rope.
(b) A plank of wood.
(c) A length of wire.
(d) A bungee cord.

Short Answer Questions

1. What verb is used to describe the manner in which Francisco's father delivered a smile to Francisco when he came home from his first year at college?

2. What was the mascot of the University of Santa Clara?

3. What color were the uniforms for members of the ROTC, according to Francisco?

4. What song did the upperclassmen force Francisco and Smokey to learn after waking them up early one morning?

5. Whose nickname was Trampita?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What element of the student body's demographics surprises Jimenez when he arrives at the University of Santa Clara?

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

6. Describe the conflicted nature of Jimenez's feelings as the memoir opens.

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

8. What unexpected benefit comes from Jimenez's donning of a green uniform for ROTC?

9. What good news did Jimenez receive shortly after the drunken weekend that caused him to feel deep shame?

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

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