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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. Who was the tractor driver?
(a) Carlos
(b) Nate
(c) Lupe
(d) Victor

2. What was the name of the girl who tried to seduce Ted in return for her legalization documents?
(a) Marisol
(b) Martina
(c) Marguarite
(d) Martha

3. What did Ted say was the reason the group was traveling together?
(a) That they were baseball players headed for an exhibition game
(b) That they were migrant workers headed to their next job
(c) That they were dentists headed to a convention
(d) That they were soccer players headed for an exhibition game

4. How old was Alonso when he first left Mexico for America?
(a) Seven
(b) Twenty-six
(c) Eighteen
(d) Fourteen

5. Where was Alonso hiding when the immigration officer found him?
(a) In the lavatory of the bus station
(b) In the lavatory of the bus
(c) Under a seat in the bus
(d) Under a seat in the bus station

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ted expect to be taken across the river?

2. Why did Ted tell coyotes he wanted to cross the river into America?

3. Who was the first to leave after the arrival of Martin's wife?

4. Where did Ted and the rest of the group stop first in Santa Monica?

5. What was the name of the man who is giving Alonso a job?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What about the plane ride most frightened Timoteo?

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

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

6. What do the Mexicans think when the flight attendant offers them drinks and what do they do?

7. Why did the situation change so dramatically once Martin's wife and son arrived?

8. What did Ted say is the big difference between the attitude of Americans and Mexicans with regard to work.

9. How did Ted discover that pesticides were being used so freely on the citrus trees and what did he think of it?

10. What did Alonso say about all the men waiting in the bus stop? How did he support that claim?

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