View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many months did Francisco and Roberto live together on their own in the United States?

2. Whose nickname was Trampita?

3. How many pounds did Francisco gain over his freshman year of college?

4. What class did Francisco take from Dr. Vari?

5. Which of the following WAS allowed to be worn during meals at Francisco's college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has been the nickname of Jimenez's little brother Jose Francisco throughout the boys' lives and why?

2. How did Jimenez come to be an avid fan of Elvis Presley?

3. What unexpected benefit comes from Jimenez's donning of a green uniform for ROTC?

4. Discuss a time in the memoir when Jimenez uses the motif of dreams to highlight the emotional messages within a particular scene.

5. Contrast Smokey's favorite pastime with Jimenez's favorite pastime during their freshman year.

6. What part of Jimenez's membership in the ROTC did he enjoy?

7. Discuss a time in the memoir when Jimenez makes a connection between racism and some other form of prejudice.

8. Describe an instance when Jimenez uses a simile in order to underscore the nature of a particular emotion.

9. Name every member of Jimenez's immediate family.

10. What good news did Jimenez receive shortly after the drunken weekend that caused him to feel deep shame?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Jimenez's message regarding the difference between awareness and activism and how does Jimenez get this message across to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

What messages does Jimenez send to readers about the themes of isolation and outreach?

Essay Topic 3

Examine how Jimenez goes about connecting personal experience with the arguments put forth within Reaching Out. How does Jimenez accomplish this goal and how does this goal relate to the overarching themes of the text?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,126 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample