Gabriel Thompson, A Gringo in the Lettuce Fields

A Gringo in the Lettuce Fields

Gabriel Thompson 

READING COMPREHENSION QUIZ

Take the quiz below to check your comprehension of the reading selection:

Question 3.21

Where are the winter lettuce fields?

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Incorrect. The answer is A.

Question 3.22

Who teaches the author how to pick lettuce?

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Incorrect. The answer is C.

Question 3.23

The author was told to treat the lettuce like what?

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Incorrect. The answer is D.

Question 3.24

What surprises the author the most?

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Incorrect. The answer is D.

Question 3.25

What is the life expectancy of a migrant farmworker?

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Incorrect. The answer is A.

READING SUMMARY

Question 3.26

Summarize “A Gringo in the Lettuce Fields.” Be sure to put the summary in your own words and to avoid using the sentence structure of the reading selection. Remember that your summary should restate the author’s main idea (or thesis) and that it should include only the author’s most important supporting ideas.
Below is an example summary of this reading selection: In this piece, Thompson provides insight into the world of migrant farmworkers who do work that most Americans won’t do. The work is painful and disfiguring, but its importance to the food industry is apparent. While Americans won’t do the work, Mexicans work hard to get the job done. Your summary will differ from this one in the way it is written, but it should include roughly the same information.

VOCABULARY QUIZ

Explain the meaning of each of the following words as it is used in the reading:

Question 3.27

Gingerly (par. 2)
Gingerly means cautiously or delicately.

Question 3.28

Jeers (par. 5)
Jeers means taunts or insults.

Question 3.29

Tentative (par. 8)
Tentative means unsure or hesitant.