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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. Jimenez shared with Laura in the chapter entitled "A Secret Revealed" that his family had come to the United States illegally when he was how old?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 9.

2. How old was Papa when he married Francisco's mother Joaquina?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 27.

3. Francisco offered to complete what task for his fellow students in return for clothing or cash?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Tutoring.
(c) Typing.
(d) Laundry.

4. How old was Francisco's sibling at the time of contracting an illness while the family lived in Tent City?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) A few months.
(d) 3.

5. Laura told Francisco that she began to work in her parents' business at what age?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many weeks before Francisco's arrival from college had his father departed for Mexico?

2. What object fell out of Francisco's father's pocket just before the arrival of the police?

3. In what class did Francisco meet Laura in the middle of his sophomore year?

4. What is the English translation of the word "curandera" (122)?

5. How old was Francisco's mother Joaquina when she married Francisco's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. In which two ways was Laura different than every other student in the Latin American Literature class?

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

5. What objects in Emily's family kitchen are used by Jimenez to symbolize his own feelings of belonging and shared understanding?

6. What advice did Jimenez's father always give him about friendship?

7. In what way is the act of taking initiative portrayed in a positive light within Reaching Out?

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

9. What event caused Jimenez and Laura to have to spend more time together after they strike up an acquaintance?

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

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