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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Laura was the only student in Professor de Bautista's class to exhibit which trait?
(a) She was not a native Spanish speaker.
(b) She was an immigrant from Italy.
(c) She was a Fulbright scholar.
(d) She was the only woman.

2. What object did Rafael Hernandez give to Francisco as a gift before returning to Mexico to join his family?
(a) A book.
(b) A pestle.
(c) A clock.
(d) A calendar.

3. What crop would the rest of the family be picking in the days when Francisco watched one of his siblings inside the family car all day?
(a) Corn.
(b) Blackberries.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Alfalfa.

4. In how many credits did Francisco enroll during the second semester of his sophomore year?
(a) 14 and a half.
(b) 16.
(c) 18 and a half.
(d) 17 and a half.

5. What objects were embedded in Francisco's father's chin and hands when he was found sprawled out on the grass?
(a) Pieces of gravel.
(b) Porcupine quills.
(c) Thorns.
(d) Cactus needles.

6. In what year did a member of Francisco's family participate in the Cristero Revolt in Mexico?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1926.

7. For how many credits did Francisco register during his first semester of sophomore year?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

8. What form of transportation did Francisco's father use to travel to Tlaquepaque?
(a) Bus.
(b) Hitchhiking.
(c) Train.
(d) Boat.

9. Francisco aspired to take on what work position under the supervision of Dr. Martha James Hardman de Bautista?
(a) Archivist.
(b) Reader.
(c) Handyman.
(d) Tutor.

10. Which of Francisco's siblings almost died during the time the family lived in Tent City?
(a) Trampita.
(b) Torito.
(c) Rorra.
(d) Roberto.

11. What was the last name of Laura, the young woman in whom Francisco took a keen interest during his sophomore year?
(a) Soprano.
(b) Facchini.
(c) Savonarola.
(d) Cassini.

12. Francisco stormed out of a Sodality meeting as a result of hearing what kinds of comments?
(a) Homophobic.
(b) Racist.
(c) Ageist.
(d) Sexist.

13. Francisco explained to Laura that some Mexicans believe that the devil has the feet of what type of animal once he transforms himself into a man?
(a) A horse.
(b) A goat.
(c) A rooster.
(d) A dog.

14. One of the treatments used to cure Francisco's sibling during their time living in Tent City involved rubbing what objects on the child's stomach?
(a) Honey.
(b) Mud.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Milk.

15. Who was in charge of the Catholic student organization called Sodality of Our Lady?
(a) Father Shanks.
(b) Professor McLaughlin.
(c) Professor de Bautista.
(d) Father O'Neill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who advised Francisco to apply for a job as a prefect during his junior year of college?

2. Francisco's father was under the influence of which substance when he was found sprawled out on the grass the night before a major holiday?

3. In what location on campus did Francisco often take long walks?

4. On what holiday did members of the Jimenez family retrieve their patriarch from jail?

5. Jimenez shared with Laura in the chapter entitled "A Secret Revealed" that his family had come to the United States illegally when he was how old?

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