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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Tent City located?
(a) Tijuana.
(b) Santa Maria.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Mercedes.

2. How did Francisco feel in Soledad?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Little.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Ignored.

3. Where did Francisco meet Miguelito?
(a) Work.
(b) Church.
(c) The market.
(d) School.

4. Why did Papa choose to move at the beginning of the book?
(a) To be with family.
(b) To get a good job.
(c) To escape the law.
(d) To find his brother.

5. What made things harder for Mama while in the tent city?
(a) She was trying to balance work and school.
(b) She was pregnant.
(c) She was sick.
(d) She was lonely.

6. What did Francisco realize when he got a bag of candy?
(a) There were ways he could help his family.
(b) There was more to life in America.
(c) People were kind.
(d) He was seen as special.

7. What did Mama want to buy from a young couple?
(a) A drawing.
(b) A chisel.
(c) A handkerchief.
(d) A comb.

8. What gave Francisco headaches while living in the Tent City?
(a) His brother's crying.
(b) Studying English.
(c) Sunburns.
(d) Riding the bus.

9. Who named Angel de Oro?
(a) Mama.
(b) Papa.
(c) Francisco.
(d) Trampito.

10. What did Trampito break in Soledad?
(a) His bottle.
(b) A door jamb.
(c) The crystal.
(d) A picture.

11. Where did this book start?
(a) Texas.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Mexico.
(d) California.

12. What did Francisco do when Torito got sick?
(a) Prayed.
(b) Begged for money.
(c) Studied.
(d) Sang to him.

13. Where did Angel de Oro live?
(a) Behind the wood pile.
(b) Near the school.
(c) Francisco's neihgbor's house.
(d) In the big willow tree.

14. What allowed Francisco to see his older brother during the day in Soledad?
(a) They went to work together.
(b) Roberto babysat him.
(c) They went to school together.
(d) They came home for lunch.

15. How did Francisco figure out how to get paid more in Soledad?
(a) He kept the leaves on.
(b) He mixed dirt into his baskets.
(c) He skipped over small bushes.
(d) He worked weekends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Scalapino teach?

2. Why did the family have to hunt for food when they got to the farm?

3. Why did the workers not like the weather in Corcoran?

4. What did Papa get mad at Francisco for in Soledad?

5. What did Roberto get hit with in the Tent City?

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