Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa by Lady Palma

1.What is the year Afredo came to the United States?
R/In 1980

Correct


2.The country he came from is: Mexico

Correct


3.His first job in the U.S.
R/ was at his father's gas station

Correct


4.The place where he works now: at Johns Hopkins University


Correct


5.The three parts of his present job: he is a neurosurgeon and professor at Johns Hopkins University, and a researcher who is looking for a breakthrough in the treatment of brain cancer.

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6.What he is looking for in his research?
R/Is looking for a breakthrough in the treatment of brain cancer.

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7.Distance of his home town from the U.S. border
R/60 miles south of the U.S. border.

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8.His first job in his life (at age five)?
R/was working at his father's gas station

That is correct!


9.His grandmother’s two jobS: His grandmother was a village healer and a midwife.

Yes, correct


10.The year Mexico’s economy collapsed: in the mid-1970s

Correct!


11.Alfredo’s age when he first became a teacher: he was 18

Yes!


12.Three crops he picked on farms in the U.S. : cotton, tomatoes and cantaloupes,

Exactly right


13.Price of the camper he bought to live: was $300.

Yes, correct


14.Condition of the camper he lived in the fields in: a broken-down camper

Correct!


15.What his cousin told him?
R/his cousin told him he would be a farmworker for the rest of his life, he realized it was time to move on.

Correct again


16.Where he studied English: at a community college

Correct


17.Where he attended university on a scholarship: the University of California, Berkeley

Yes, that's right


18.Where he studied medicine: Harvard Medical School

Correct


19.Who Alfredo Quinones says he owes his success?
R/to many people who have extended a hand to him throughout his life.


There are no errors in your answers, Lady

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