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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Land of Avocados.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Darla Derringer dancing?
(a) In the orchard
(b) The Zebra Club
(c) At a casino
(d) In the house in the orchard

2. What nationality was the cab driver?
(a) Mexican
(b) Italian
(c) American
(d) Greek

3. What did Emilio say he did during the off seasons for fruit picking?
(a) Went back to Mexico to work
(b) Went back to Mexico to visit
(c) Went to visit friends in California
(d) Went to other places in the United States to work

4. How much did a bag of lemons weigh?
(a) Almost forty pounds
(b) Almost eighty pounds
(c) Almost sixty pounds
(d) Almost one hundred pounds

5. What did the men say "Amarillo" meant in Spanish?
(a) Little country
(b) Wheat
(c) Yellow
(d) Little town

Short Answer Questions

1. What show is most popular among the men during their night in the hotel?

2. Where were they when Ted asked if they could stop to eat?

3. What was Juanito supposed to pick up for his mother?

4. Why did several of the men make plans to leave the orchard?

5. What nickname did Ted use to refer to Phoenix?

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