Breaking Through

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Breaking Through opens with what traumatic memory from Panchito’s past, which took place in the late 1940s?

A) He thinks back to when his mother was forced to give up his youngest brother for adoption.

B) He thinks back to when his father was in so much back pain that he wept bitterly at church one Sunday afternoon.

C) He thinks back to when he and his family dug a hole under the barbed wire fence to sneak into the US.

D) He thinks back to his grandfather’s funeral, and how the entire village in El Rancho Blanco came together to mourn him.

2. Both Roberto and Panchito make efforts to adapt to American teenage pastimes, especially in Chapter 3. What is an example of how they do this?

A) They begin listening to rock n’ roll music, such as Elvis Presley.

B) They eat hot dogs every day, even though the brothers do not particularly like beef.

C) They start wearing saddle shoes.

D) They both try and find girlfriends.

3. Why do Papa and his business partner take out a bank loan in Chapter 5?

A) They want to buy a truck that will serve both of their families.