WorksheetsThe Circuit: Chapters 1-3 Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the setting of The Circuit at the beginning of the first chapter, Under the Wire?
California
Mexicali
El Rancho Blanco
Describe the economic status of the Jimenez family.
Middle Class
Impoverished
Wealthy
From which television character does Roberto get his idea of California?
Cantinflas
El Rancho Blanco
Fito
How much money does the Jimenez family have after paying the woman to transport them from La Frontera to the labor camp?
$7
$100
$200
The "Noon Train" conductor drops a brown bag filled with which items for Roberto and Francisco?
meat and potatoes
Fresh vegetables and milk
Fruit and candy
What is the English translation for Soledad and what does it symbolize?
Ready; the author's attitude toward the main character.
Loneliness; Francisco's emotion when his family leaves to work.
Alone; Roberto's idea of manual labor.
What crop is the Jimenez family harvesting for $0.03/lb?
Strawberries
Lettuce
Cotton
Approximately how old are Roberto and Francisco?
8; 12
21; 19
15; 2
What is Francisco's job while the rest of the family picks cotton?
picking cotton
standing on the roof of the car
primary caretaker for his younger brother
Fransisco realizes picking cotton is not easy, which simile best describes the process?
"The tree branches broke and he fell."
"The shell's sharp prongs scratched my hands like cat's claws."
The car's roof was as strong as a horses back."
Why is Francisco afraid to go to school after hearing Roberto's story?
He is afraid he will be hit because he does not speak English.
He is not afraid
He thinks the teachers will not like him.
Why does Mama no longer work in the fields?
Mama wants to be a stay at home mother
Mama is expecting another baby
Mama hurt herself harvesting the last crop.
Who enrolls Francisco in the first grade at Main Street School?
Ms. Scalapino
His parents
His brother
Which character beats up Francisco?
Authur
Curtis
Caterpillar
Francisco wins first place in a drawing contest for drawing a...
Fox
Moth
Butterfly
The Bracero Program was established in
1952
1942
1842
What was the U. S. point of entry?
El Paso, Texas
Juarez, Mexico
San Antonio, Texas
When did the Bracero Program end?
1864
1963
1964
Essentially, Mexicans worked for menial pay to maintain the agrilcultural itegritiy of the U.S. during WWI and WWII.
Fact
Cap
Bracero means...
feet
elbow
arm
