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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. How long was Francisco's summer?

2. What did Francisco do to show the parrot he loved it?

3. What was the name of Francisco's first sister?

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

5. What did Papa teach Gabriel to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Papa say about the contractor after Gabriel was fired?

3. What did Francisco like the most about Ito?

4. What happened to Francisco at the end of the book?

5. How did the Orosi home get destroyed?

6. Why did Papa have to stop working?

7. What did Francisco have to prepare for at the end of the book?

8. What did Mr. Lema do for Francisco?

9. How did Francisco get Carlos to let Manuelito play kick the can?

10. Why did Papa kill the parrot?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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