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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 what holiday did members of the Jimenez family retrieve their patriarch from jail?
(a) Easter.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Palm Sunday.
(d) Christmas.

2. What is a curandera?
(a) A party.
(b) A purse.
(c) A fruit.
(d) A healer.

3. From what source did Francisco first learn that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated?
(a) Smokey.
(b) The radio.
(c) Roberto.
(d) Professor James Hannah.

4. The night Francisco was dropped off at Roberto's house, who visited unexpectedly?
(a) Rorra.
(b) Joaquina.
(c) Darlene.
(d) Trampita.

5. How many classes did all juniors and seniors take at a time at the University of Santa Clara?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Francisco had Dr. Martha James Hardman de Bautista as his professor for what subject?

2. In front of which hall were Francisco and Laura sitting when he confided that he had something to tell her?

3. What objects were embedded in Francisco's father's chin and hands when he was found sprawled out on the grass?

4. In what month did Francisco return home from college to find his father gone?

5. To which literary character did Father O'Neill allude when instructing Francisco to hold his head up high while walking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Jimenez's single piece of knowledge about Sodality life before his conversation with Father O'Neill?

2. What parallel does Jimenez draw between regression and oppression in the scene of his father's drunken tirade?

3. What major obstacle did Jimenez face upon returning to the University of Santa Clara to begin his sophomore year and how did he overcome it?

4. What special significance did the Thanksgiving holiday hold for Jimenez and why?

5. What motivation drove Jimenez to try to teach himself how to pick cotton at the age of six?

6. Which classes constituted Jimenez's favorites during the first semester of his sophomore year?

7. Who was Emily and how did Jimenez make her acquaintance?

8. How did Father O'Neill define a leader within his conversation with Jimenez across the university's campus?

9. What news did Jimenez receive about his father's situation in Mexico during the second half of Jimenez's sophomore year of college?

10. What alarming object tumbled out of the Jimenez patriarch's pocket just before the arrival of the police?

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