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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. What part of Francisco's ROTC membership did he consider a waste of time?
(a) The drills.
(b) The parties.
(c) The calisthenics.
(d) The history lessons.

2. What method did Francisco use to write the final draft of his first English essay at college?
(a) He used a mimeograph machine.
(b) He borrowed Smokey's typewriter.
(c) He used neat handwriting.
(d) He used the word processor in the student union.

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

4. How did Francisco and Smokey get the beer they drank on the night when Francisco attended his first basketball game?
(a) Francisco used a fake ID.
(b) They stole it.
(c) They asked someone to buy it for them.
(d) Smokey used a fake ID.

5. In what California city was the college that Robert Easton attended after graduating from high school?
(a) Davis.
(b) Sunnyvale.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following WAS allowed to be worn during meals at Francisco's college?

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

4. In what California city was Cervantes Hall located?

5. What food had Francisco and Roberto requested that their mother Joaquina refrain from packing in their school lunches?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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