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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Ted reluctant to drive when the weather turned icy?
(a) He didn't know how to drive on the icy roads
(b) He didn't have a drivers license
(c) He didn't want to be caught transporting the illegal immigrants
(d) He was tired from his previous turn at the wheel

2. Where did Emilio's parents live?
(a) San Juan
(b) Florida
(c) His parents weren't living
(d) Mexico City

3. What kind of car was Emilio and his group traveling in on their trip to Florida?
(a) A Ford station wagon
(b) A beat-up van
(c) An El Camino
(d) An old Camero

4. What kind of abandoned mine did Ted pass on the way to Ahuacatlan?
(a) Quartz
(b) Mercury
(c) Silver
(d) Gold

5. Why were some of the men planning to head for Florida over Christmas vacation?
(a) Because they had heard of better housing there
(b) Because they couldn't return to Mexico
(c) So they could continue working
(d) Because wages were higher there

6. What new item did Ted discover at the house in the orchard?
(a) A dozen folding cots
(b) A black and white television
(c) A waterbed
(d) A bedroom suit

7. What gift did the farmer give Ted as he was leaving the farm?
(a) A pig
(b) Advice on his friendship with the Mexicans
(c) The Book of Mormon
(d) A Bible

8. Where did the Mexicans get the old Cadillac they had waiting in America?
(a) It was abandoned by other Mexicans
(b) They stole it from other Mexicans
(c) The bought it for three hundred dollars
(d) The farmer they'd worked for in previous years

9. Which of the following items were on top of the bus?
(a) Spare tires
(b) A casket
(c) Sacks of feed
(d) All three

10. How much did the man known as "Woodpecker" have to pay the police when he was detained?
(a) 20 pesos
(b) 1,250 pesos
(c) 75 pesos
(d) 750 pesos

11. Where did Jesus and his group plan to go for work?
(a) Phoenix
(b) California
(c) Idaho
(d) Florida

12. What was the name of the huge deportation effort of 1954?
(a) Operation Wetback
(b) Operation Deportatation
(c) Mexican Bound
(d) Wetbacks Go Home

13. What did Lupe put in Ted's morning tea?
(a) Mint
(b) Sugarcane
(c) Lemon leaves
(d) Lemon rind

14. How many members were there in the group seeking a ride from the Indians?
(a) Six
(b) Twenty-tree
(c) Seventeen
(d) Ten

15. What action is Ted doing that prompts Hilario to call him wasteful?
(a) Changing his razorblade
(b) Changing his socks
(c) Giving away some change
(d) Throwing away some worn out socks

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had the Mexicans been gone when Ted arrived in Idaho for a visit?

2. Why was Cucho driving eighty-three miles per hour?

3. What was Ted told was the best remedy when he sprayed pepper juice in his eye?

4. Where had the farmer's son learned to speak Spanish?

5. What was the name of the "glorified school bus" on which Ted traveled to Ahuacatlan?

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