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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the gift Ignacio wants to give Ted?
(a) Money
(b) Pants
(c) Tortillas
(d) A special pair of shoes
2. What was the business run by Raquel Rendon?
(a) A billard hall
(b) A food store
(c) A farm
(d) A taco stand
3. Where did the Mexicans get the old Cadillac they had waiting in America?
(a) The farmer they'd worked for in previous years
(b) It was abandoned by other Mexicans
(c) The bought it for three hundred dollars
(d) They stole it from other Mexicans
4. What surrounded the work camp at the Smith farm?
(a) Expansive lawns
(b) A park
(c) Trees
(d) Chain link fence topped with barbed wire
5. What kind of land did Ted travel through after the poor farmland?
(a) Small towns
(b) Big cities
(c) Orchards
(d) Desert
6. How many of Placido's children were on hand to see him off?
(a) Six
(b) None
(c) Four
(d) Three
7. Where did the group stop to eat?
(a) Popeye's
(b) Hardee's
(c) Denny's
(d) Kentucky Fried Chicken
8. Where had the farmer's son learned to speak Spanish?
(a) Palm Springs
(b) Prussia
(c) Paraguay
(d) Phoenix
9. What did Juanito buy from the old woman outside the store?
(a) Pumpkin seeds
(b) Oranges
(c) Sunflower seeds
(d) Cokes
10. What show is most popular among the men during their night in the hotel?
(a) Police shows
(b) Soap operas
(c) Music videos
(d) Animal shows
11. What new item did Ted discover at the house in the orchard?
(a) A bedroom suit
(b) A waterbed
(c) A dozen folding cots
(d) A black and white television
12. What was offered as breakfast as the group was traveling across the desert?
(a) Water and tortillas
(b) Milk and raw eggs
(c) Bread and cheese
(d) Beans and bacon
13. What argument did Ted use to urge the others to check into a motel?
(a) The need for showers
(b) The danger od driving the undependable car at night
(c) The danger of being spotted by immigration
(d) The danger of freezing in the storm
14. How many men did Ted say wanted to go to Florida with the coyote?
(a) About eight
(b) About six
(c) About ten
(d) About twenty
15. 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
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was the farmer in Idaho who gave the group work?
2. What did Maximo wrap around the cut on his hand?
3. What was the name of the state champion soccer team on which several men of Alhuacatlan played?
4. Where are the men when Ted works up the courage to ask if he can accompany them across the border?
5. What was Ted supposed to pick soon after his arrival in Mexico?
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