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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 Gabriel trade for a taquito?

2. What was the name of the parrot?

3. What was yelled out while Francisco was playing with his sister?

4. What kind of book did the Orosi school play a game with?

5. What did Francisco do in Corcoran between picking seasons?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kept Gabriel from hitting the contractor?

3. What did the children do for the parrot after he died?

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

5. How did Francisco know Papa was sick?

6. How did the Orosi home get destroyed?

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 Roberto get a job away from a farm?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What did Francisco collect, and why was this collection so important to him?

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