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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. What did Mama make with what she begged from the butcher?

2. What did Francisco like to do during recess?

3. Why did Roberto get hit in the Tent City?

4. What grade did Francisco have to repeat?

5. What did Mama want to buy from a young couple?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Francisco's family eat during the first weeks at the first farm?

2. What kind of illness did Torito have?

3. Why was Papa angry after Francisco worked in the fields for the first time in Soledad?

4. How did Mama make soup when they moved from Corcoran?

5. What was the Tent City?

6. What caused Curtis to get angry with Francisco?

7. What was Francisco's main duty in Soledad?

8. What did Francisco try to save after the flood, and how?

9. How did Francisco's family cross the border?

10. Why did Papa move away from Corcoran?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Francisco learn most from moving around so much with his family, and how did that affect the tone of the book?

Essay Topic 2

What were some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how did those moments affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What did Mama's Christmas gift symbolize to Francisco and why?

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