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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 Francisco teach the parrot to say?

2. Why did Papa stop working?

3. What did Papa use to collect the second crop he picked at Corcoran?

4. What did Francisco do in the fields of Orosi to make time go faster?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Francisco do after the parrot died?

2. Why could the workers at Corcoran not work in the rain?

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

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

5. What kept Gabriel from hitting the contractor?

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

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

8. What did Francisco like the most about Ito?

9. What did Mr. Lema offer Francisco that made him very excited?

10. Why did Papa kill the parrot?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the life of a migrant farm worker differ from your own life? Please use examples from the book to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that people involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the people involved?

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