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

2. What kind of business did Laura's parents own when she was a child?
(a) A tax preparation service.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) A coffee shop.

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

4. Anxious about troubles at home, Francisco began to engage in which activity with Smokey each morning at six?
(a) Meditating.
(b) Running.
(c) Attending Mass.
(d) Playing one-on-one basketball.

5. In what month did Francisco return home from college to find his father gone?
(a) May.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) December.

Short Answer Questions

1. In how many credits did Francisco enroll during the second semester of his sophomore year?

2. Which member of Francisco's family had been an avid supporter of John F. Kennedy?

3. What form of transportation did Francisco's father use to travel to Tlaquepaque?

4. Father O'Neill taught a class in the History of what subject?

5. In what grade did Francisco realize that he aspired to become a teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major obstacle did Jimenez face upon returning to the University of Santa Clara to begin his sophomore year and how did he overcome it?

2. What major secret of his own did Jimenez reveal to Laura in the chapter entitled "A Secret Revealed"?

3. What alarming object tumbled out of the Jimenez patriarch's pocket just before the arrival of the police?

4. What news did Jimenez receive about his father's situation in Mexico during the second half of Jimenez's sophomore year of college?

5. Which classes constituted Jimenez's favorites during the first semester of his sophomore year?

6. In what way is the act of taking initiative portrayed in a positive light within Reaching Out?

7. What advice did Jimenez's father always give him about friendship?

8. How did Jimenez meet the person referred to in the chapter title "Soul Mate"?

9. How does Jimenez characterize the emotions he felt upon returning to the University of Santa Clara to begin his sophomore year?

10. What parallel does Jimenez draw between regression and oppression in the scene of his father's drunken tirade?

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