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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. For how many credits did Francisco register during his first semester of sophomore year?
2. Jimenez tells the reader that his friendship with Rafael had helped him to understand which of his family members more completely?
3. The first time Francisco had dinner at Emily's house, he felt soothed by the sight of a "molcajete" (130). What is the English translation of this Spanish word?
4. What position at the college did Rafael Hernandez inhabit when Jimenez first befriended him?
5. Francisco wrote an essay about "The Allegory of the Cave" written by which philosopher?
Short Essay Questions
1. What objects in Emily's family kitchen are used by Jimenez to symbolize his own feelings of belonging and shared understanding?
2. What similarities did Emily and Jimenez find within their childhood experiences at school?
3. What major secret of his own did Jimenez reveal to Laura in the chapter entitled "A Secret Revealed"?
4. How did Jimenez meet the person referred to in the chapter title "Soul Mate"?
5. Who was Emily and how did Jimenez make her acquaintance?
6. What event caused Jimenez and Laura to have to spend more time together after they strike up an acquaintance?
7. What advice did Jimenez's father always give him about friendship?
8. For what specific reason did Jimenez feel grateful to have known Rafael Hernandez?
9. What special significance did the Thanksgiving holiday hold for Jimenez and why?
10. What motivation drove Jimenez to try to teach himself how to pick cotton at the age of six?
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
Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of Reaching Out.
Essay Topic 3
Examine Jimenez’s use of characterization methods to portray real people. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?
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