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

2. What were "gordos?"
(a) Misshapen fruit
(b) Ladders
(c) Mexican pickers
(d) White people

3. What was the name of Martin's wife?
(a) Lorinda
(b) Lupita
(c) Monique
(d) Marguarita

4. Where did Ted sleep his first night at the house in the orchard?
(a) On the couch
(b) In the barn
(c) On the bed
(d) In a pickup

5. What medical condition did Timoteo say he had that would make it dangerous to fly?
(a) Gall stones
(b) Arthritis
(c) A heart condition
(d) Eye problems

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ted say the illegal immigrants liked to work in orchards?

2. Where did Alonso plan to go to find work?

3. Who offers to claim to have seen the attack?

4. How much did the group of men pay for the car that had a broken radiator?

5. What was Alonso's answer when Ted asked what he would do if he couldn't find work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Alonso say about dreams in America? What did he mean?

4. What wasTed's answer when the police first asked how he and Alonso know each other?

5. 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?

6. What was the problem they faced when going through the security checkpoint and who took the blame for it?

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

8. What about the plane ride most frightened Timoteo?

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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