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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 Papa say was Francisco's job in Soledad?

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

3. What was Francisco's secret goal in Soledad?

4. Where did Roberto find the lumber for what Mama wanted Papa to build in the Tent City?

5. What did Francisco like about Torito?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of dream did Francisco have while Torito was sick?

3. What happened the first time Francisco worked in the fields in Soledad?

4. What did Francisco give Curtis at the end of the school year, and why?

5. What kind of illness did Torito have?

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

7. What did Mama do when she heard about the dream Francisco had while Torito was sick?

8. How did Francisco learn that Miguelito had left?

9. What was the Tent City?

10. What gift did Francisco leave his neighbor after the flood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was the ending so surprising, and what message do you think the author was trying to send by ending his narrative so abruptly?

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

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the people touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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