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

2. The night Francisco was dropped off at Roberto's house, who visited unexpectedly?

3. In what month did Francisco return home from college to find his father gone?

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

5. Ruben Dario was an artist from Nicaragua who created what type of art?

Short Essay Questions

1. In which two ways was Laura different than every other student in the Latin American Literature class?

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

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

4. What reasons did Rafael Hernandez give Jimenez for his decision to return to Mexico?

5. What milestone does Jimenez depict in the relationship between his mother and father within the chapter entitled "At a Loss"?

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. Who was Emily and how did Jimenez make her acquaintance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Jimenez's message regarding a particular shift in worldview that needs to occur for a particular group of people and why?

Essay Topic 2

In what way does Jimenez utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within Reaching Out and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.

Essay Topic 3

How does Jimenez use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.

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