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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What time did Ted and Alonso board the bus?
2. When did Carlos's uncle Candido arrive in America?
3. What were snowbirds?
4. Who was the tractor driver?
5. What did the men say was the biggest problem with their plan?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the life of the bag lady Ted met in the donut shop.
2. What did Ted say he'd first thought when he discovered that a man was seated at his table, eating his pancakes? What did he come to realize about the man eating his pancakes?
3. What answers did Ted and Alonso give when a businessman asked them where they were going?
4. What did Alonso say about all the men waiting in the bus stop? How did he support that claim?
5. Why did Ted not want to be the one to sleep on the bed his first night at the orchard and why did he eventually accept?
6. What did the first "coyote" offer Ted and Alonso?
7. What did Alonso do as they boarded the bus for Houston in an effort to evade police? How did it turn out?
8. What aspect of the trip through the airport did Ted believe to be most important? How did he address that?
9. How did Ted discover that pesticides were being used so freely on the citrus trees and what did he think of it?
10. What wasTed's answer when the police first asked how he and Alonso know each other?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare what Ted learned about the Mexicans who traveled to America with what he learned about the families they left behind. What were the similarities? The differences?
Essay Topic 2
What were some of the cultural differences Ted notes between Americans and Mexicans? Were these good differences? Support your answers with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the "bag lady" Ted met in the donut shop. What did he learn about the lady and how did he come to know these facts? What was her reaction when she learned that no one else was willing to say that they'd seen the attack on Ted? What did this say about her as a person?
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