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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 was the name of the man who is giving Alonso a job?

2. What did Ted say was responsible for the existence of citrus groves in the arid region around Phoenix?

3. What did Ted discover was the meaning of "rinche?"`

4. Where did Carlos and the others of his group sleep at night?

5. Why did Ted say the illegal immigrants liked to work in orchards?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ted say about the relationship between the retirees who made up most of the population of Phoenix and the illegal immigrants?

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

3. What answers did Ted and Alonso give when a businessman asked them where they were going?

4. Why did Martin say he should be buying the burgers for the group on their night out?

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

6. What was the problem they faced when going through the security checkpoint and who took the blame for it?

7. What did Ted say is the big difference between the attitude of Americans and Mexicans with regard to work.

8. What did Alonso do as they boarded the bus for Houston in an effort to evade police? How did it turn out?

9. What did Nate say to Ted that made him work much faster and why did it work on Ted?

10. Ted expected that the men shared a deep bond simply on the basis of their illegal status and the fact that they were all from Mexico. What did he say he eventually discovered about that?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Ted's reaction when he realized how many people were waiting to cross the border? Did he believe Alonso's explanations about the people? What did Ted find most difficult to believe about the situation? What do you find most difficult to believe?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the work the Mexicans did in the orchards. What did Ted learn about the "unskilled" labor? Compare the jobs in Arizona to those in Florida.

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the cultural differences Ted notes between Americans and Mexicans? Were these good differences? Support your answers with examples from the text.

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