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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What argument did Ted use to urge the others to check into a motel?
(a) The danger od driving the undependable car at night
(b) The danger of freezing in the storm
(c) The need for showers
(d) The danger of being spotted by immigration

2. What show is most popular among the men during their night in the hotel?
(a) Soap operas
(b) Animal shows
(c) Music videos
(d) Police shows

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

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

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

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

7. What word do many of the Mexicans confuse with "eyes?"
(a) Was
(b) Ice
(c) Is
(d) Nice

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

9. What was Alonso doing when Ted saw him again after his arrest on the bus?
(a) Working in Queretaro City
(b) Hitchhiking in Phoenix
(c) Picking peaches in El Mirage
(d) At a warehouse in Florida

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

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

12. What kind of land did Ted travel through after the poor farmland?
(a) Orchards
(b) Small towns
(c) Desert
(d) Big cities

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

14. What crop did Hilario say he worked after picking cotton for awhile?
(a) Coffee
(b) Sugarcane
(c) Onions
(d) Corn

15. Where did Ted go when the others were put in jail?
(a) Back to Mexico
(b) Back to Phoenix
(c) A cafe for a meal
(d) Home

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did the members of the traveling party give for using that route?

2. What was offered as breakfast as the group was traveling across the desert?

3. How much per mile is Ted told the coyotes will typically charge for a trip to Phoenix?

4. What was the name of the huge deportation effort of 1954?

5. What did Genaro use to pry the cactus spines out of Inocencio's hand?

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