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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 is the English translation of the word "curandera" (122)?
(a) Musician.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Healer.
(d) Cook.

2. In what location on campus did Francisco often take long walks?
(a) The Embarcadero Gardens.
(b) The Mission Gardens.
(c) The Los Altos Hills.
(d) The track at the university.

3. In what year did a member of Francisco's family participate in the Cristero Revolt in Mexico?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1940.

4. In how many credits did Francisco enroll during the second semester of his sophomore year?
(a) 17 and a half.
(b) 18 and a half.
(c) 16.
(d) 14 and a half.

5. Which of Francisco's siblings did he often watch all day within the confines of the family car when he was young?
(a) Ruben.
(b) Trampita.
(c) Roberto.
(d) Rorra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What passion did Francisco's new roommate share with his previous roommate, Smokey?

2. How many part-time jobs in total did Francisco hold at the same time during sophomore year?

3. The person who took care of Papa in Mexico was related to her charge in what way?

4. In what level of school were the students whom Francisco tutored in the Spanish language and culture in order to prepare them for community service work?

5. Francisco confided in Laura about his family's deportation that occurred how many years after their entry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons did Rafael Hernandez give Jimenez for his decision to return to Mexico?

2. For what specific reason did Jimenez feel grateful to have known Rafael Hernandez?

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

4. What instruction did Father O'Neill give to Jimenez about his body language one day during a walk?

5. How did Jimenez meet the person referred to in the chapter title "Soul Mate"?

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

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

8. Discuss an instance when Jimenez uses a literary device to underscore the theme of collectivism.

9. What similarities did Emily and Jimenez find within their childhood experiences at school?

10. What milestone does Jimenez depict in the relationship between his mother and father within the chapter entitled "At a Loss"?

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