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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 Ted and Alonso spend their first night in America?
(a) In a parking garage
(b) In the lavatory of the bus
(c) In a park
(d) In a boxcar

2. What two games did members of the group play while waiting at the donut shop?
(a) Dots and rock, scissor, paper
(b) Dots and bingo
(c) Bingo and Tic-tac-toe
(d) Tic-tac-toe and dots

3. How much did the man charge the group for the ride from the donut shop?
(a) Five dollars each
(b) Fifty dollars total
(c) Five hundred dollars
(d) Fifty dollars each

4. Why did Ted tell coyotes he wanted to cross the river into America?
(a) He said he was a Mexican and couldn't cross legally
(b) He said he was wanted and couldn't cross legally
(c) He said he didn't want to cross
(d) He said he was a journalist working on a story

5. Ted said Timoteo looked like he might have been what kind of professional?
(a) A dentist
(b) A barber
(c) A graphic designer
(d) A podiatrist

Short Answer Questions

1. What was it that set off the metal detector?

2. What kind of car did the coyotes pick Ted and Alfonso up in?

3. Where did Ted's friends get clothes that would make them blend in at the airport?

4. What nickname did Ted use to refer to Phoenix?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

9. What did Ted say about the relationship between the retirees who made up most of the population of Phoenix and the illegal immigrants?

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

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