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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. Francisco reports that he and Roberto had been prohibited from taking what action at school during their first year of residence in the United States?

2. What object fell out of Francisco's father's pocket just before the arrival of the police?

3. Who broke the news to Francisco about the sudden departure of Francisco's father?

4. What was the name of the person who took care of Papa after he returned to Mexico?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What objects in Emily's family kitchen are used by Jimenez to symbolize his own feelings of belonging and shared understanding?

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

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

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

7. What motivation drove Jimenez to try to teach himself how to pick cotton at the age of six?

8. For what specific reason did Jimenez feel grateful to have known Rafael Hernandez?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way does Jimenez go about breaking the text into parts and how do these structural elements help to advance the text’s arguments?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Jimenez's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Reaching Out.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for Reaching Out.

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