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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. What show is most popular among the men during their night in the hotel?

3. How long had Vincente spent in jail?

4. How much did the man known as "Woodpecker" have to pay the police when he was detained?

5. Where were they when Ted asked if they could stop to eat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Ignacio plan to make Ted a special pair of shoes?

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

5. What prompted the group to spend a night in a motel?

6. How did Jesus get the money to pay the coyotes when he returned to America?

7. What was Evangelica wearing when she met the group at the station and why was she dressed in that way?

8. What was the original plan for this crossing into the United States?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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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