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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. On what holiday did members of the Jimenez family retrieve their patriarch from jail?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Palm Sunday.
(d) Thanksgiving.

2. Francisco offered to complete what task for his fellow students in return for clothing or cash?
(a) Tutoring.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Typing.

3. What is the English translation of the word "curandera" (122)?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Musician.
(c) Cook.
(d) Healer.

4. Who broke the news to Francisco about the sudden departure of Francisco's father?
(a) Darlene.
(b) Roberto.
(c) Joaquina.
(d) Trampita.

5. Laura told Francisco in the chapter entitled "A Secret Revealed" that her mother had died when she was how old?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 14,
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Francisco aspired to take on what work position under the supervision of Dr. Martha James Hardman de Bautista?

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. How old was Francisco when he tried to teach himself how to pick a particular crop?

4. What passion did Francisco's new roommate share with his previous roommate, Smokey?

5. Jimenez tells the reader that his friendship with Rafael had helped him to understand which of his family members more completely?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What instruction did Father O'Neill give to Jimenez about his body language one day during a walk?

3. How did Father O'Neill define a leader within his conversation with Jimenez across the university's campus?

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

5. What similarities did Emily and Jimenez find within their childhood experiences at school?

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

7. What special significance did the Thanksgiving holiday hold for Jimenez and why?

8. What was Jimenez's single piece of knowledge about Sodality life before his conversation with Father O'Neill?

9. 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?

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

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