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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) 40.
(b) 60.
(c) 30.
(d) 70.

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

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

4. For what kind of company had Robert Easton worked for many decades?
(a) Cable television.
(b) Railroad.
(c) Electric.
(d) Gas.

5. By what time of the morning did Francisco and the other students in his dorm have to be back in their rooms on the weekend?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the true answer to Smokey's question about where Francisco had been born?

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

4. In what year was Robert Easton born?

5. In what grade was Francisco when he and his brother Roberto lived together without their other family members?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. For what reason does Jimenez allude to John Steinbeck within the opening chapters of Reaching Out?

4. Contrast Smokey's favorite pastime with Jimenez's favorite pastime during their freshman year.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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