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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Ted Conner's profession?
2. What did Carlos give Ted in an effort to help him keep from being fired?
3. What did the men say was the biggest problem with their plan?
4. What did Ted say was responsible for the existence of citrus groves in the arid region around Phoenix?
5. What nationality was the cab driver?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. List two points at which the members of the group were especially nervous while traveling through the airport terminal.
3. Describe the life of the bag lady Ted met in the donut shop.
4. Why did Martin say he should be buying the burgers for the group on their night out?
5. What did Alonso do as they boarded the bus for Houston in an effort to evade police? How did it turn out?
6. Explain how Victor and the others of his group decided to travel to America?
7. Describe Alonso's first illegal crossing of the border.
8. What did Ted say about the relationship between the retirees who made up most of the population of Phoenix and the illegal immigrants?
9. What about the plane ride most frightened Timoteo?
10. Why did the situation change so dramatically once Martin's wife and son arrived?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the trip through the airport. What aspects of the trip did the Mexicans find unnerving? Why hadn't Ted thought to warn them about each?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the attitudes of the Mexicans on religion. Why is Ted surprised when he learns that they'd been baptized into the Mormon church? Why did the men say they'd agreed to it? What do the men believe about the Protestants?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the "bag lady" Ted met in the donut shop. What did he learn about the lady and how did he come to know these facts? What was her reaction when she learned that no one else was willing to say that they'd seen the attack on Ted? What did this say about her as a person?
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