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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much does América make per hour?
(a) About four dollars.
(b) The employer is not clear about wages.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) One dollar.

3. Why does Kyra have difficulty selling the Da Ros house?
(a) She has grown attached to it.
(b) She does not see anything special about it.
(c) She believes it is haunted.
(d) She knows that Mexicans are living in the basement.

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

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

6. Who does Delaney run into at the store while shopping for dinner?
(a) Candidó.
(b) Al Lopez.
(c) Jack Jardine.
(d) Kyra.

7. What does Delaney do while Kyra is swimming?
(a) Write a letter to Candidó.
(b) Mow the yard.
(c) Cook tofu.
(d) Call the police.

8. What injuries does the person Delaney hit with his car suffer?
(a) Broken leg and wrist.
(b) The victim is blinded in both eyes.
(c) Scraped face and a bloody hand.
(d) Bruising and a concussion.

9. Of what does Delaney accuse Jack Jardine as they discuss the security gate?
(a) Being too sensitive and compassionate.
(b) Being overly dramatic.
(c) Being too dense.
(d) Being a racist.

10. Who blames most car thefts on Mexicans?
(a) Kenny Grissom.
(b) Kyra.
(c) The light-skinned Mexican.
(d) Jordan.

11. Who or what is watching América from the brush near the campsite?
(a) A group of young children.
(b) A litter of cats and their mother.
(c) Delaney.
(d) A coyote.

12. Who makes up the rest of Delaney's household?
(a) Kyra and Jordan.
(b) Jack and Doris.
(c) Kyra and Kit.
(d) Al and Kit.

13. Where does Delaney go after he hits the person with his car?
(a) Library.
(b) Recycling center.
(c) River.
(d) Trailer park.

14. Who or what reportedly attacks Sunny DiMandia?
(a) Mexicans.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Kyra.
(d) Delaney's dog.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes with Delaney to buy pasta for dinner?

2. Who finds the labor exchange torn down?

3. Who does Candidó think América resembles?

4. Who presides over the meeting at the Arroyo Blanco Community Center?

5. What happens to Candidó when he drinks the dirty water?

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