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Francisco JiménezA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Multiple Choice
1. A (“Under the Wire”)
2. C (“Under the Wire”)
3. D (“Soledad”)
4. C (“Soledad”)
5. B (“Miracle in Tent City”)
6. A (“Miracle in Tent City”)
7. B (“El Angel de Oro”)
8. D (“Christmas Gift”)
9. B (“Death Forgiven”)
10. C (“The Circuit”)
11. A (“Learning the Game”)
12. C (“The Circuit”)
13. A (“To Have and to Hold”)
14. C (“Moving Still”)
15. D (“Moving Still”)
Long Answer
1. Homes in The Circuit are symbolic of stability, financial security, and often of poverty, particularly in descriptions of the homes the Jiménez family occupies. Before arriving in California, Roberto and the narrator see their cousin Fito’s apartment in Guadalajara as symbolic of Fito’s financial success and stability because he has things like electricity and heat. Later, the homes the Jiménez family occupies in various cities in California become symbolic of the ways in which they lack this financial security. In these homes, a lack of electricity and incidents like a devastating fire are symbolic of the Jiménez family’s instability and constant financial insecurity.
By Francisco Jiménez