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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Francisco join the Reserve Officers Training Corp?
(a) Smokey joined.
(b) Francisco wanted to impress his father.
(c) Freshmen were required to join.
(d) Francisco had aspirations of military service.

2. Which movie star did Francisco's sister-in-law resemble?
(a) Tippi Hedren.
(b) Rita Hayworth.
(c) Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) Talulah Bankhead.

3. At what time of the morning did upperclassmen bang on the door of Francisco and Smokey to force them to learn a song?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. In what year was Robert Easton born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1899.

5. How many hours per week did Francisco work before he left to attend college in California?
(a) 25.
(b) 60.
(c) 35.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method did Francisco use to write the final draft of his first English essay at college?

2. What food did Francisco and Roberto ask their mother Joaquina to pack in their school lunches in lieu of the food they did not want?

3. To what California city did Francisco travel in order to attend college at the start of the memoir?

4. For what kind of company had Robert Easton worked for many decades?

5. In what sort of residence did Roberto and Francisco live alone in the United States for a number of months?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major event is taking place at the time of the memoir's opening?

2. What part of Jimenez's membership in the ROTC did he loathe?

3. What element of the student body's demographics surprises Jimenez when he arrives at the University of Santa Clara?

4. Discuss a time in the memoir when Jimenez uses the motif of dreams to highlight the emotional messages within a particular scene.

5. What good news did Jimenez receive shortly after the drunken weekend that caused him to feel deep shame?

6. In what way does the theme of shame emerge within the chapter of Reaching Out entitled "A Compromise"?

7. How did Jimenez come to be an avid fan of Elvis Presley?

8. From what source do Francisco's ideas about college emerge prior to moving into his dormitory?

9. What part of Jimenez's membership in the ROTC did he enjoy?

10. What has been the nickname of Jimenez's little brother Jose Francisco throughout the boys' lives and why?

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