Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Smokey found fault with which habit of Francisco's and sought to fix it?
2. To what California city did Francisco travel in order to attend college at the start of the memoir?
3. By what time of the morning did Francisco and the other students in his dorm have to be back in their rooms on the weekend?
4. Which member of Francisco's family was the first to make fun of his weight gain?
5. In what grade was Francisco when he and his brother Roberto lived together without their other family members?
Short Essay Questions
1. What part of Jimenez's membership in the ROTC did he loathe?
2. For what reason do Jimenez's mother and father stay in the car during the move into the dormitory?
3. Discuss a time in the memoir when Jimenez makes a connection between racism and some other form of prejudice.
4. How did Jimenez come to be an avid fan of Elvis Presley?
5. What good news did Jimenez receive shortly after the drunken weekend that caused him to feel deep shame?
6. Contrast Smokey's favorite pastime with Jimenez's favorite pastime during their freshman year.
7. Describe an instance when Jimenez uses a simile in order to underscore the nature of a particular emotion.
8. Name every member of Jimenez's immediate family.
9. For what reason does Jimenez allude to John Steinbeck within the opening chapters of Reaching Out?
10. In what way does the theme of shame emerge within the chapter of Reaching Out entitled "A Compromise"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What messages does Jimenez send to readers about the themes of isolation and outreach?
Essay Topic 2
How is the theme of invisibility portrayed in Reaching Out? Examine Jimenez's treatment of and messages regarding invisibility throughout the work.
Essay Topic 3
In what way does Jimenez go about breaking the text into parts and how do these structural elements help to advance the text’s arguments?
|
This section contains 1,209 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
