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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the group buy that solved the problem of no heater in the car?
(a) A new battery
(b) A new radiator
(c) Blankets
(d) A small heater

2. Where did Ted find the map of their route to Mexico?
(a) Above the visor
(b) There wasn't one
(c) Under his seat
(d) In the floorboard

3. How much per mile is Ted told the coyotes will typically charge for a trip to Phoenix?
(a) Two dollars
(b) Two pesos
(c) Two hundren dollars
(d) Twenty pesos

4. What reason did the members of the traveling party give for using that route?
(a) It was the only route they knew
(b) It was the shortest distance to Florida
(c) There were plenty of rest stops along the way
(d) Mexicans were not typically expected there, making it safer

5. What did Genaro use to pry the cactus spines out of Inocencio's hand?
(a) His gloves
(b) Pliers
(c) Tweezers
(d) Two rocks

6. What does the man named Maximo say the car uses a lot of?
(a) Gas
(b) Anti-freeze
(c) Oil
(d) Transmission fluid

7. Where did Ted meet this coyote?
(a) At the Viper
(b) At the Chicken
(c) At the Top Hat
(d) At the Gunslinger

8. How long had the Mexicans been gone when Ted arrived in Idaho for a visit?
(a) A day
(b) They had never arrived
(c) A week
(d) A month

9. What surrounded the work camp at the Smith farm?
(a) Chain link fence topped with barbed wire
(b) A park
(c) Expansive lawns
(d) Trees

10. What was the first problem that meant the car could travel only about fifty miles per hour?
(a) Transmission
(b) Radiator
(c) Steering
(d) Shocks

11. What was Emilio Hernandez doing when Ted arrived at his trailer?
(a) Picking oranges
(b) Playing cards
(c) Loading a van to leave for Florida
(d) Sleeping

12. What magazine does Lupe's sister sometimes receive from a friend in California?
(a) House and Garden
(b) American Girl
(c) True Romance
(d) Field and Stream

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

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

15. What was offered as breakfast as the group was traveling across the desert?
(a) Water and tortillas
(b) Bread and cheese
(c) Beans and bacon
(d) Milk and raw eggs

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the group arrested?

2. What is the name of the priest's cat?

3. Where did the Mexicans get the old Cadillac they had waiting in America?

4. What is Evangelica wearing when she meets up with the group?

5. What did Jesus say he'd said to a young woman when he was trying to compliment her choice of perfume?

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