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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 "gordos?"

2. Who was to lead the group into the airport?

3. What did Alonso say was the best thing about America?

4. What time did Ted and Alonso board the bus?

5. What medical condition did Timoteo say he had that would make it dangerous to fly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ted discover that pesticides were being used so freely on the citrus trees and what did he think of it?

2. What did Timoteo plan to take with him and why did Ted veto the idea?

3. How did Ted describe the agricultural side of Phoenix?

4. Explain how Victor and the others of his group decided to travel to America?

5. Why did Ted not want to be the one to sleep on the bed his first night at the orchard and why did he eventually accept?

6. What is Lupe Sanchez's role with the illegals?

7. What do the Mexicans think when the flight attendant offers them drinks and what do they do?

8. Why did Ted hate the change from orange trees to lemon trees?

9. What about the plane ride most frightened Timoteo?

10. What did Alonso say about dreams in America? What did he mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ted pointed out that once he and Alonso had reached America, he was more relaxed while Alonso was more nervous. Compare the actions and emotions of the two men and the reasons for the differences.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the role of the coyote. What were some of the similarities Ted described between the guides called coyotes and the animals? Is the name apt?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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