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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. How long had Martin been working in America before he sent for his wife and son?
(a) Six months
(b) Sixteen years
(c) Sixteen months
(d) Six years

2. Where did the group spend the first night in L.A.?
(a) In an alley
(b) In a van
(c) In a park
(d) At Holiday Inn

3. What kind of shirt was Ismael wearing?
(a) A white button-up shirt
(b) A Pink Floyd T-shirt
(c) A John Deere T-shirt
(d) A plaid cowboy shirt

4. What nickname did Ted give one of the coyotes?
(a) Big Teeth
(b) Bad Teeth
(c) Big Mouth
(d) Bad Breath

5. How far were the men carrying water because of the broken pump at the house in the orchard?
(a) A mile
(b) A couple of blocks
(c) A half mile
(d) A mile and a half

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Carlos's uncle Candido arrive in America?

2. What did Ted discover was to actually be his transportation across the river?

3. Why did Ted say American companies establish companies just over the Mexican border?

4. What did Ted Conner say made him "an unlikely wetback?"

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What about the plane ride most frightened Timoteo?

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

4. Why did Ted stop to pick up the group early on the day they were to depart for the airport and what did he find?

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

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

7. What aspect of the trip through the airport did Ted believe to be most important? How did he address that?

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

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

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

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