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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the objections residents have about building a security gate?
(a) The loss of living in an open community.
(b) The cost of building a gate.
(c) The impression the community may give to Mexicans.
(d) The risk of thieves entering homes through garage doors.

2. Who does Delaney hit with his car?
(a) América.
(b) Candidó.
(c) Kyra.
(d) Socorro.

3. What does Delaney see on his walk through Arroyo Blanco?
(a) Dead dogs.
(b) A car with tinted windows.
(c) A pack of coyotes.
(d) The person he hit with his car.

4. What does the sign in front of the labor exchange say?
(a) NO TRESPASSING.
(b) NO MEXICANS ALLOWED.
(c) STOP.
(d) GO BACK HOME.

5. What do América and Candidó fight about before she goes to the labor exchange?
(a) América's pregnancy.
(b) Candidó's drinking problem.
(c) Candidó does not want her looking for a job.
(d) América's ability to speak English.

6. How old is América?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Fifty-two.
(c) About thirty-five.
(d) Eleven.

7. Which of the following does Candidó notice about one of the boys who attacks his campsite?
(a) He is dressed in a suit and tie.
(b) He has red hair.
(c) Candidó recognizes him from his childhood.
(d) He looks just like Candidó.

8. Who does Delaney see on the trail?
(a) Kyra.
(b) The light-skinned Mexican.
(c) His dog.
(d) His real estate agent.

9. What does Candidó's wife buy at the discount supermarket?
(a) A carton of eggs.
(b) Milk.
(c) Sandwich meat.
(d) Beans and tortillas.

10. What does Delaney do after lunch with Kyra?
(a) Drives to the ocean for a hike.
(b) Writes a column.
(c) Considers leaving his family.
(d) Trades in his old car for a new one.

11. Who does Delaney call from Li's Market?
(a) Candidó.
(b) Kyra.
(c) Jordan.
(d) His father.

12. How does Kyra recognize Candidó?
(a) He has a limp and a bruised face.
(b) He carries a baby.
(c) He has light skin.
(d) He speaks perfect English.

13. What is the subject of one of Delaney's columns?
(a) Overnight camping.
(b) Rare insects.
(c) Marine life.
(d) Birds of the northeast.

14. Who flatters Delaney by praising his magazine column?
(a) Jack Jardine.
(b) Al Lopez.
(c) Dominick Flood.
(d) Jack Cherrystone.

15. Where does América go to seek work?
(a) A Mexican restaurant.
(b) A daycare.
(c) A real estate office.
(d) The labor exchange.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does América's new job consist of?

2. Who or what ends up killing one of the family's dogs?

3. What does Delaney run out of while cooking dinner?

4. Where do Candidó and América store their savings?

5. Of what does Delaney accuse Jack Jardine as they discuss the security gate?

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