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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What season just ended in The Circuit chapter?
(a) Corn.
(b) Strawberry.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Cotton.

2. Where did Francisco's baby sister sleep?
(a) A crib.
(b) A drawer.
(c) A crate.
(d) A wagon.

3. What did Francisco love to hear Ito say?
(a) The picking season is over.
(b) It is time for promotion.
(c) The day's picking was over.
(d) It is lunch time.

4. What did Mama do when the workers couldn't pick?
(a) She took a walk.
(b) She did chores.
(c) She read to them.
(d) She looked for work.

5. What did Francisco do to show the parrot he loved it?
(a) Kissed it.
(b) Sang to it.
(c) Brought it nuts.
(d) Cleaned it.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mr. Lema teach Francisco to read?

2. What did Francisco teach the parrot to say?

3. What did Papa always do while he took his nightly medicine?

4. What did most of Francisco's classmates get to do during the summer?

5. Why can't the Corcoran crops be picked when wet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mama say to calm Francisco down after his collection was stolen?

2. What did Francisco want to earn while working with his family in Corcoran and why?

3. Why did Francisco not take Mr. Lema up on his offer?

4. What did Francisco do after the parrot died?

5. How did Francisco try to keep his hands warm while picking around Thanksgiving?

6. What does Orosi mean, and why was this so important to Francisco?

7. What did Gabriel refuse to do for the contractor and why?

8. How did the Orosi home get destroyed?

9. Why did Francisco stop visiting the parrot's grave?

10. Why did Papa kill the parrot?

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