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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year did a member of Francisco's family participate in the Cristero Revolt in Mexico?
2. Who advised Francisco to apply for a job as a prefect during his junior year of college?
3. Rafael Hernandez told Francisco that he had seen signs prohibiting Mexicans and dogs at establishments in what U.S. state?
4. Which member of Francisco's family had been an avid supporter of John F. Kennedy?
5. Laura told Francisco in the chapter entitled "A Secret Revealed" that her mother had died when she was how old?
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. How did Father O'Neill define a leader within his conversation with Jimenez across the university's campus?
3. In what way is the act of taking initiative portrayed in a positive light within Reaching Out?
4. What news did Jimenez receive about his father's situation in Mexico during the second half of Jimenez's sophomore year of college?
5. What reasons did Rafael Hernandez give Jimenez for his decision to return to Mexico?
6. What was Jimenez's single piece of knowledge about Sodality life before his conversation with Father O'Neill?
7. For what specific reason did Jimenez feel grateful to have known Rafael Hernandez?
8. What instruction did Father O'Neill give to Jimenez about his body language one day during a walk?
9. What parallel does Jimenez draw between regression and oppression in the scene of his father's drunken tirade?
10. How did Jimenez meet the person referred to in the chapter title "Soul Mate"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the theme of injustice portrayed within Reaching Out? Examine Jimenez's treatment of and messages regarding injustice throughout the work.
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
Discuss Jimenez's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of Reaching Out.
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