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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two games did members of the group play while waiting at the donut shop?
(a) Tic-tac-toe and dots
(b) Dots and rock, scissor, paper
(c) Bingo and Tic-tac-toe
(d) Dots and bingo

2. What did Ted say "Oso" meant?
(a) Grandfather
(b) Uncle
(c) Bear
(d) Brother

3. How much money did Alonso need to borrow for his bus ticket to the job he expected to get?
(a) A hundred dollars
(b) Two dollars
(c) Ten dollars
(d) Forty dollars

4. Where did Ted's friends get clothes that would make them blend in at the airport?
(a) From Mexico
(b) Flea markets
(c) From friends
(d) Wal-Mart

5. Who was the cook at the home where the group was staying in L.A. when they first arrived?
(a) Luis
(b) Carlos
(c) Ted
(d) Victor

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Darla Derringer dancing?

2. What do the Mexicans call The Top Hat?

3. What did Ted say was responsible for the existence of citrus groves in the arid region around Phoenix?

4. What did Ted learn was the only real common factor between the men living at the house in the orchard?

5. What was the name of Martin's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Alonso's first illegal crossing of the border.

2. Why did Ted hate the change from orange trees to lemon trees?

3. How did Ted describe the agricultural side of Phoenix?

4. What did Ted say about the relationship between the retirees who made up most of the population of Phoenix and the illegal immigrants?

5. What did Nate say to Ted that made him work much faster and why did it work on Ted?

6. What did Alonso do as they boarded the bus for Houston in an effort to evade police? How did it turn out?

7. Describe the life of the bag lady Ted met in the donut shop.

8. What did Ted say about the traffic in Phoenix?

9. Ted expected that the men shared a deep bond simply on the basis of their illegal status and the fact that they were all from Mexico. What did he say he eventually discovered about that?

10. What did Ted say he'd first thought when he discovered that a man was seated at his table, eating his pancakes? What did he come to realize about the man eating his pancakes?

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