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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Land of Avocados.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname did Ted use to refer to Phoenix?
(a) Gambling City
(b) Gila City
(c) Retirement City
(d) Sun City

2. What kind of car was Emilio and his group traveling in on their trip to Florida?
(a) A Ford station wagon
(b) An old Camero
(c) An El Camino
(d) A beat-up van

3. What reason did the members of the traveling party give for using that route?
(a) It was the only route they knew
(b) There were plenty of rest stops along the way
(c) Mexicans were not typically expected there, making it safer
(d) It was the shortest distance to Florida

4. Hold old was Emilio?
(a) Thirty-three
(b) Twenty-seven
(c) Thirty
(d) Twenty-four

5. Where did Ted and the rest of the group stop first in Santa Monica?
(a) Jack-in-the-Box
(b) McDonald's
(c) Holiday Inn
(d) Burger King

Short Answer Questions

1. What action is Ted doing that prompts Hilario to call him wasteful?

2. What was El Mirage?

3. How old was Juanito?

4. What word do many of the Mexicans confuse with "eyes?"

5. What kind of door was it that frightened Timoteo?

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