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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On August 15, 2005, how long has Mri's mother been gone?
(a) 9 months and 10 days.
(b) 6 months and 2 days.
(c) 8 months and 1 day.
(d) 7 months and 15 days.

2. Where does Luby go after her half day at school?
(a) Tyler's house.
(b) The trailer.
(c) Tyler's grandmother's.
(d) After-school program.

3. What did Aunt Jeanne major in college?
(a) History.
(b) Humanities.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Sociology.

4. In "Watched-Over Farm," what planet is the closest it has been to Earth in two years?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Mars.
(c) Venus.
(d) Saturn.

5. On December 12, how long has it been since Felipe was picked up by the police?
(a) A week.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

6. Who invited Felipe to go out for some fun before he was picked up by the police?
(a) Larry Jr.
(b) Armando.
(c) Another migrant worker.
(d) Ben.

7. Where does Tyler tell Mari swallows go for the winter?
(a) Texas.
(b) California.
(c) Honduras.
(d) Mexico.

8. Where is Ben going to go to college?
(a) Northern Vermont University.
(b) University of Vermont.
(c) Bennington College.
(d) Middlebury College.

9. What song do the Cruz girls sing when they have dinner with Tyler and his grandmother?
(a) Laa Golondrina.
(b) La Malagueña.
(c) Somos Novios.
(d) Sombras.

10. What is Tyler writing about for an assignment for Mr. B's class when Mari is writing a letter?
(a) His favorite cow.
(b) His farm.
(c) His father's accident.
(d) Telescope in Boston.

11. When did Mari's mother leave in 2004?
(a) December 17.
(b) December 16.
(c) December 14.
(d) December 15.

12. When Sara brings clothes for Mari and her sisters, who does she say can alter them?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) She can.

13. Why did Mari's mother go back to Mexico alone?
(a) Her father was dying.
(b) Her grandmother was dying.
(c) Her mother was dying.
(d) Her grandfather was dying.

14. What games does Tyler take to the Cruz girls and then forget to leave for them?
(a) Uno and Candy Land.
(b) Jenga and Monopoly.
(c) Life and Candy Land.
(d) Sorry and Trouble.

15. In Mari's letter, when does she say that the president of Mexico speaks to the people?
(a) September 16 at noon.
(b) September 15 at midnight.
(c) September 16 at dawn.
(d) September 15 at 10 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since the Cruz girls' grandmother like mole, what do they bring to put by her picture when they have dinner with Tyler and his grandmother?

2. What does Tyler's mother teach at the high school?

3. Where does Mari decide she will leave her letter dated December 12 to the Virgen de Guadalupe?

4. How many little girls have the migrants brought with them?

5. How far apart do milkings have to be spaced apart?

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