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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 occasion did Francisco's father gift him a Saint Christopher medal?
(a) The Fourth of July.
(b) His eighth grade graduation.
(c) Christmas.
(d) His birthday.

2. How many weeks before Francisco's arrival from college had his father departed for Mexico?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 8.

3. One of the people at the Sodality meeting who made offensive comments apologized to Francisco for what action?
(a) For not knowing that Francisco was so young.
(b) For not knowing that Francisco was a feminist.
(c) For not knowing that Francisco was Mexican.
(d) For not knowing that Francisco had a gay brother.

4. In what grade did Francisco realize that he aspired to become a teacher?
(a) 10th.
(b) 6th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 8th.

5. While still in high school, Francisco organized a food drive for migrant families in what city?
(a) Palm Desert.
(b) Sunnyvale.
(c) Santa Maria.
(d) Cathedral City.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Francisco reports that he and Roberto had been prohibited from taking what action at school during their first year of residence in the United States?

3. In how many credits did Francisco enroll during the second semester of his sophomore year?

4. Ruben Dario was an artist from Nicaragua who created what type of art?

5. Jimenez tells the reader that his friendship with Rafael had helped him to understand which of his family members more completely?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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