Chapter 3 & 4 The Circuit

Question #1 What is your name?

Question #2 In what California communities does the Jimenez family look for work and find work?

• Corcoran
• Santa Maria
• Corcoran and Santa Maria
• Visalia

Question #3 Panchito, the same person as Francisco Jimenez, the author, shares with us on page 15 how he dealt with his headaches during school. He simply __________.

• let his mind wander.
• chose to take two advil
• hummed musical songs
• took a nap

Question #4 Miss Scalapino had a class pet that seems quite intriguing to Panchito. What was this class pet?

• dog
• cat
• lizard
• caterpillar

Question #5 What school class seems to be Panchito's favorite?

• P.E.
• Math
• Recess
• Art

Question #6 How could Curtis have handled the sweatshirt situation differently so the fight could have been avoided?

• allowed Panchito to have kept the sweatshirt without incident
• complimented Panchito on his sweatshirt
• offered Panchito another one of his many sweatshirts
• all the above

Question #7 What does Panchito do with his artwork piece that Miss Scalapino praised him for?

• sold it to a local art buyer
• gave it to Curtis, the boy who wanted his old sweatshirt back
• framed it for his Mama
• none of the above

Question #8 Chapter 4, "Miracle in Tent City", informs the reader of how busy the Jimenez family was, especially Mama. In return, Papa and the boys visited __________, in order to find lumber to build a __________ for the tent.

• Home Depot; walls
• Ace Hardware; shelves
• city dump; floor
• restaurant; kitchen

Question #9 Two months after Torito, Panchito's little brother, was born, Torito became sick. He had a fever and his stomach felt hard. Mama and Papa brought Torito to a la curandera. What is a la curandera?

• natural healer type person
• pastor's wife
• grocery store owner
• auto mechanic

Question #10 Re-read the last paragraph of this Chapter, on page 35. Little Torito is indeed a

• living miracle
• future football player
• twin to his sister
• celebrity in tent city