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Eduardo Machado, Crossing the Border

Eduardo Machado, Crossing the Border

Read Crossing the Border and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

Question 1.2235

1. What is the relationship between Manuel and Jacinto?

father and son

friends

teammates

teacher and student

Question 1.2236

2. What does Jacinto think Manuel does best?

writes essays

plays baseball

calculates physics

reads Lorca

Question 1.2237

3. In the play, the two characters discuss how Americans feel about Mexicans. Which of the following DOES NOT accurately state what the characters say about American attitudes towards Mexicans?

Americans need Mexican sweat to harvest their crops.

Americans respect intelligent, educated Mexicans who come to build the country.

Americans think Mexicans are cockroaches.

Americans only like Mexican baseball players.

Question 1.2238

4. What does Jacinto think it “takes to get out of here”?

pitching and hitting like a pro

sprinting across the border faster than the border patrol can catch you

farming abilities

a thorough education that includes Lorca and physics

Question 1.2239

5. Why does Jacinto want Manuel to leave Mexico?

to avoid political repression

to earn enough money for the family to join him picking grapes in California

to escape inevitable poverty

to have the opportunity to become a famous poet