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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ted again encounter the group?
(a) In Phoenix
(b) Crossing the Rio Grande
(c) In Colorado
(d) At the rear of the police station

2. 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 was tired from his previous turn at the wheel
(c) He didn't have a drivers license
(d) He didn't want to be caught transporting the illegal immigrants

3. What task was Ted supposed to perform while he was in Ahuacatlan?
(a) Picking oranges
(b) Driving a truck
(c) Teaching English
(d) Working in a mine

4. What did Ted tell the police was the reason he was with the Mexicans?
(a) He said he was a journalist working on a story
(b) He said he'd been kidnapped
(c) He said he'd been afraid to cross the border legally
(d) He said he wasn't really with them

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

6. 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 wages were higher there
(c) So they could continue working
(d) Because they couldn't return to Mexico

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

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

9. What did Juanito buy from the old woman outside the store?
(a) Oranges
(b) Sunflower seeds
(c) Pumpkin seeds
(d) Cokes

10. Where was the group arrested?
(a) Nephi, Utah
(b) Los Angeles, California
(c) Fort Smith, Arkansas
(d) Phoenix, Arizona

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

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

13. Why did Jesus say he was tired on the morning their trip began?
(a) He'd been sick
(b) He'd been up late with a girl named Evangelica
(c) He'd been too excited about the trip to sleep
(d) He'd played pool most of the night

14. Why did Ted want to go to Ahuacatlan?
(a) He wanted to work there
(b) He wanted to find a group willing to travel illegally to America
(c) He wanted to learn the language
(d) He wanted to know about the families of the men who left Mexico for America

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the business run by Raquel Rendon?

2. How many of Placido's children were on hand to see him off?

3. What was the nickname of the coyote Ted met about the possibility of taking a group to Mexico?

4. What was the first problem that meant the car could travel only about fifty miles per hour?

5. What magazine does Lupe's sister sometimes receive from a friend in California?

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