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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 night did the group make the trip?
(a) Tuesday
(b) Saturday
(c) Monday
(d) Sunday

2. What nationality was the cab driver?
(a) Mexican
(b) Greek
(c) American
(d) Italian

3. What do the Mexicans call The Top Hat?
(a) El Sombrero
(b) The Zebra Club
(c) El Mirage
(d) The Dive

4. What nickname did Ted use to refer to Phoenix?
(a) Gambling City
(b) Sun City
(c) Gila City
(d) Retirement City

5. Who was to lead the group into the airport?
(a) Victor and Ismael
(b) Victor and Ted
(c) Carlos and Ismael
(d) Ted and Ismael

Short Answer Questions

1. What were snowbirds?

2. What kind of shirt was Ismael wearing?

3. How far were the men carrying water because of the broken pump at the house in the orchard?

4. What medical problem did Candido have?

5. What did Carlos give Ted in an effort to help him keep from being fired?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. List two points at which the members of the group were especially nervous while traveling through the airport terminal.

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

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

5. Explain how Victor and the others of his group decided to travel to America?

6. What did Timoteo plan to take with him and why did Ted veto the idea?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

10. Why did Ted not want to be the one to sleep on the bed his first night at the orchard and why did he eventually accept?

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