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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 kind of shirt was Ismael wearing?
2. Who is hit first of Ted's group?
3. Why did Ted choose for the cab to take them to Santa Monica?
4. Where didAlonso have the phone number of the man he hopes will give him a job?
5. How much was the "fine" Alonso and Ted paidto the police who question them?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Ted say is the big difference between the attitude of Americans and Mexicans with regard to work.
2. Explain how Victor and the others of his group decided to travel to America?
3. Ted expected that the men shared a deep bond simply on the basis of their illegal status and the fact that they were all from Mexico. What did he say he eventually discovered about that?
4. What about the plane ride most frightened Timoteo?
5. What do the Mexicans think when the flight attendant offers them drinks and what do they do?
6. 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?
7. What did Alonso say about dreams in America? What did he mean?
8. 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?
9. Why did the first coyote say his prices were high?
10. Why did Martin say he should be buying the burgers for the group on their night out?
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 at least two instances in which Ted was the subject of racial discrimination. What did he say about his feelings at these times?
Essay Topic 3
There were some serious social, financial and emotional effects on the families who remain behind when young men travel to America. Describe those, comparing the positive with the negative.
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