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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 did Ted learn was the only real common factor between the men living at the house in the orchard?
2. How much money did Alonso need to borrow for his bus ticket to the job he expected to get?
3. Who was the tractor driver?
4. Where did Carlos and the others of his group sleep at night?
5. What nickname did Ted give one of the coyotes?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain how Victor and the others of his group decided to travel to America?
2. What did Alonso do as they boarded the bus for Houston in an effort to evade police? How did it turn out?
3. What was the problem they faced when going through the security checkpoint and who took the blame for it?
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. List two points at which the members of the group were especially nervous while traveling through the airport terminal.
6. What did Ted say about the relationship between the retirees who made up most of the population of Phoenix and the illegal immigrants?
7. What did Timoteo plan to take with him and why did Ted veto the idea?
8. What do the Mexicans think when the flight attendant offers them drinks and what do they do?
9. Why did Ted hate the change from orange trees to lemon trees?
10. What wasTed's answer when the police first asked how he and Alonso know each other?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the crossing Ted made with the group that included Jesus and Evangelica.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the work the Mexicans did in the orchards. What did Ted learn about the "unskilled" labor? Compare the jobs in Arizona to those in Florida.
Essay Topic 3
What were the attitudes of some people regarding the Mexicans who work in the United States? Look at the conversation between Ted and the police officer in Utah as an example of one aspect of that attitude. Were there others?
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