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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. In Chapter 3, how long would Roberto and Francisco practice dancing daily?

2. In Chapter 5, how old was Francisco's father when he joined the Cristero Revolt?

3. In Chapter 1, what grade was Francisco in when the border patrol came for him and his family?

4. In Chapter 7, what did Papa get paid an hour working for Ito?

5. In Chapter 7, where did Roberto work the summer after Francisco graduated from junior high?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what did Roberto and Francisco do to get the house ready for their family?

2. In Chapter 6, why was Francisco relieved that they lost their three acres of strawberries?

3. In Chapter 2, what did Francisco miss when he and Roberto were alone in their house without their family?

4. In Chapter 9, how did Francisco get athlete's foot?

5. In Chapter 7, what did Roberto, Francisco, and Papa get paid for working for Ito, and why did Papa get more money?

6. In Chapter 8, what classes was Mr. Kinkade, Francisco's counselor, going to put Francisco in, and why did he change his mind?

7. In Chapter 6, how did Francisco and his classmates practice for their eighth grade graduation?

8. In Chapter 5, what happened when Francisco's father tried to be a sharecropper?

9. In Chapter 1, why did Francisco live in constant fear from the time he was four until he was 14?

10. In Chapter 7, how did Francisco look when his father cut his hair, and how did his mother help him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In life and in school, Francisco and his family sometimes were given a second chance. What were some instances where Francisco and his family were given a second chance? How did those second chances affect their lives? How would their lives have been different without those chances?

Essay Topic 2

Education was very important to Francisco. What experiences in Francisco’s life caused him to see the importance of education? What challenges did he face in getting an education, and how did he overcome those challenges?

Essay Topic 3

Francisco’s English teacher suggested that he read The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Why did Miss Bell suggest that he read the book? What did the book represent for him and how did it help him to learn to enjoy reading?

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