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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 on the tractor driver's cap?
2. What did Alonso say was the best thing about America?
3. What did Ted learn was the only real common factor between the men living at the house in the orchard?
4. What did Ted say would be his fate if the illegals were caught?
5. What was the name of the girl who tried to seduce Ted in return for her legalization documents?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the situation change so dramatically once Martin's wife and son arrived?
2. What did Timoteo plan to take with him and why did Ted veto the idea?
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 answers did Ted and Alonso give when a businessman asked them where they were going?
6. What wasTed's answer when the police first asked how he and Alonso know each other?
7. What did Ted say about the traffic in Phoenix?
8. What about the plane ride most frightened Timoteo?
9. Why did Ted hate the change from orange trees to lemon trees?
10. What did Nate say to Ted that made him work much faster and why did it work on Ted?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe how Ted came to know Alonso and how the two crossed the border together. Ted said that he and Alonso don't look at each other as Alonso was taken off the bus in Texas. Why was that important to the two? What does this say about the character of each?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Describe at least two instances in which Ted was the subject of racial discrimination. What did he say about his feelings at these times?
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