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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 were the police driving when Ted and the rest of the group were caught?

2. How long had Vincente spent in jail?

3. What did Jesus say he'd said to a young woman when he was trying to compliment her choice of perfume?

4. Where had the farmer's son learned to speak Spanish?

5. What did Emilio say he did during the off seasons for fruit picking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the reaction of the officers when Ted and the others were arrested in Utah?

2. What did Ted learn about the differences in picking oranges in Florida and picking in Arizona?

3. What happened to the man known as "the Woodpecker" when the bus was stopped by police?

4. List at least two things Ted learns about the farmer in Idaho during his visit there.

5. What did Ted learn about the patterns of emigration to America?

6. What did Ted note about the leaders of the Mexican group as compared to a leader of a similar group of Americans?

7. Where and how did the group sleep on their first night in Florida?

8. What did Hilario and some other adults hope to accomplish for the young people of the region?

9. What did Ted expect when the group made plans to stop and eat and what did he learn they were actually looking for?

10. What did Ted say about the fact that the Mexicans traveled without a map?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What was Ted's reaction when he realized how many people were waiting to cross the border? Did he believe Alonso's explanations about the people? What did Ted find most difficult to believe about the situation? What do you find most difficult to believe?

Essay Topic 3

Compare what Ted learned about the Mexicans who traveled to America with what he learned about the families they left behind. What were the similarities? The differences?

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