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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How did Ted reach the man Alonso hoped would hire him to work?
(a) By telegraph
(b) By email
(c) A cell phone
(d) A pay phone
2. Ted said Timoteo looked like he might have been what kind of professional?
(a) A podiatrist
(b) A graphic designer
(c) A barber
(d) A dentist
3. Where did Ted and Alonso spend their first night in America?
(a) In a boxcar
(b) In a park
(c) In a parking garage
(d) In the lavatory of the bus
4. What did Lupe Sanchez tell the men that Ted was going to do while he stayed with them at the orchard?
(a) Be overseeing their meals
(b) Be working on a book
(c) Be their teacher
(d) Be working in the cotton fields
5. How did Ted expect to be taken across the river?
(a) In a speedboat
(b) On the hood of a car
(c) On a leaky raft
(d) In a bus
6. What kind of fence was there in front of the house Ted was taken to by the coyotes?
(a) Chain link
(b) Barbed wire
(c) Chicken wire
(d) Picket
7. What nationality was the cab driver?
(a) Italian
(b) Greek
(c) Mexican
(d) American
8. What did Ted Conner say made him "an unlikely wetback?"
(a) His lack of knowledge about the culture
(b) His interest in the Mexicans
(c) His blonde hair and blue eyes
(d) His lack of knowledge about the language
9. What was it that set off the metal detector?
(a) cowboy boots
(b) Silver dollars
(c) Belt buckles
(d) Pesos
10. Why did several of the men make plans to leave the orchard?
(a) The oranges were all gone
(b) They had word of a better job
(c) There were too many men at the camp
(d) They had picked too many bad oranges
11. What did Ted say was vital to picking the oranges?
(a) Planning
(b) Good balance
(c) All the above
(d) Dexterity
12. Who offers to claim to have seen the attack?
(a) The bag lady
(b) Timoteo
(c) The police officer
(d) No one
13. What did the men say was the biggest problem with their plan?
(a) They didn't know how to navigate an airport
(b) They didn't know how to navigate a bus depot
(c) They didn't know enough English to ask for a ride
(d) They didn't have drivers licenses
14. Why did Ted choose for the cab to take them to Santa Monica?
(a) There was a restaurant there
(b) It gave them the most distance from the airport
(c) It was where Timoteo's uncle lived
(d) It was the cheapest ride
15. What was the name of the man who is giving Alonso a job?
(a) Marvin
(b) Gerald
(c) Ted
(d) Larry
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Carlos's uncle Candido arrive in America?
2. About how many men did Ted say were at the coyotes' headquarters?
3. What color was Alonso's cowboy shirt when he and Ted met?
4. Where did Alonso plan to go to find work?
5. What did Alonso and Ted have on their feet when they arrived in America?
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