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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. Where did Carlos and the others of his group sleep at night?
(a) In the bed
(b) In a pickup
(c) On the couch
(d) In a barn

2. What was used to pick lemons from the tree?
(a) Only the hands
(b) A special ring
(c) A large knife
(d) Special clippers

3. What kind of fence did the group have to cross to reach the river?
(a) Chain link
(b) Barbed wire
(c) Picket
(d) Chicken wire

4. How did Ted expect to be taken across the river?
(a) In a speedboat
(b) On a leaky raft
(c) In a bus
(d) On the hood of a car

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is hit first of Ted's group?

2. What did Ted say was the reason the group was traveling together?

3. What nationality was the cab driver?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

5. What answers did Ted and Alonso give when a businessman asked them where they were going?

6. Why did Martin say he should be buying the burgers for the group on their night out?

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

8. What did the first "coyote" offer Ted and Alonso?

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

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