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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Raquel Rendon give Ted as he left her business?
(a) A tortilla
(b) A lollipop
(c) A quart of moonshine
(d) A cabbage

2. How long had Vincente spent in jail?
(a) A year
(b) He was never in jail
(c) A month
(d) A week

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

4. What question did Emilio ask of Ted before making the decision that he can travel with the group?
(a) Whether he has money
(b) Whether he speaks Spanish
(c) Whether he can find work
(d) Whether he has a drivers license

5. What was Juanito supposed to pick up for his mother?
(a) A bag of oranges and cornmeal
(b) Coke and tortillas
(c) Bread and milk
(d) Cokes and an orange

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

7. How long did it take the group to get back to America?
(a) Three years
(b) Two monds
(c) Four days
(d) Four weeks

8. What Interstate did the group choose for the majority of their route?
(a) Interstate 20
(b) Interstate 40
(c) Interstate 10
(d) Interstate 30

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

10. What did Emilio say he did during the off seasons for fruit picking?
(a) Went to visit friends in California
(b) Went to other places in the United States to work
(c) Went back to Mexico to work
(d) Went back to Mexico to visit

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

12. Where had the farmer's son learned to speak Spanish?
(a) Paraguay
(b) Phoenix
(c) Palm Springs
(d) Prussia

13. Who was the farmer in Idaho who gave the group work?
(a) Farmer Jim
(b) Farmer Edwards
(c) Farmer Tom
(d) Farmer Brown

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ted's group buy pliers?

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

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

4. What did the group buy that solved the problem of no heater in the car?

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

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