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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. Where did Francisco go to watch his father in Soledad?
(a) The high fence.
(b) On top of the car.
(c) The roof of the house.
(d) In the old tree.

2. Where did Francisco meet Miguelito?
(a) Work.
(b) The market.
(c) School.
(d) Church.

3. What grade did Francisco have to repeat?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 1st.
(c) 4th.
(d) 2nd.

4. What did Francisco like about Torito?
(a) He was happy.
(b) He was ticklish.
(c) He was cute.
(d) All of these.

5. What gave Francisco headaches while living in the Tent City?
(a) Studying English.
(b) Sunburns.
(c) Riding the bus.
(d) His brother's crying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the family hunt at the first farm to eat?

2. What allowed Francisco to see his older brother during the day in Soledad?

3. Where did Miguelito play with Francisco?

4. What did the children get for Christmas?

5. What did Mama make with what she begged from the butcher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mama do for the children at Christmas time after leaving Corcoran?

2. Why did Papa not buy anything from the young couple when they came by?

3. What did Mama's Christmas gift symbolize to Francisco and why?

4. Who was most excited about the move for the family at the beginning of the book, and why?

5. What happened the first time Francisco worked in the fields in Soledad?

6. Why was Francisco so happy to meet Miguelito?

7. Why did Roberto not like school?

8. Why did so many people move away from Corcoran?

9. Why was Mama angry after Francisco worked in the fields for the first time in Soledad?

10. How was Torito treated in the Tent City before he went to the hospital?

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