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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Gringo and the Mexicano.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Alonso and Ted have on their feet when they arrived in America?
(a) They were each wearing cowboy boots
(b) Nothing, they were barefoot
(c) They were each wearing sneakers
(d) Ted was wearing sneakers and Alonso was wearing cowboy boots

2. How much money did Alonso need to borrow for his bus ticket to the job he expected to get?
(a) Ten dollars
(b) Two dollars
(c) Forty dollars
(d) A hundred dollars

3. Where did Ted and Alonso spend their first night in America?
(a) In a parking garage
(b) In a boxcar
(c) In a park
(d) In the lavatory of the bus

4. Where did Ted meet Alonso?
(a) On a bus
(b) On a truck
(c) In jail
(d) On a train

5. How did Ted expect to be taken across the river?
(a) In a bus
(b) In a speedboat
(c) On a leaky raft
(d) On the hood of a car

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Alonso when he first left Mexico for America?

2. Which mode of travel did Alonso believe to be safest?

3. Why did Ted say American companies establish companies just over the Mexican border?

4. How many people paddled across the river?

5. What kind of fence was there in front of the house Ted was taken to by the coyotes?

(see the answer key)

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