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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 151 - 200).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 117, what does Cantu dream about that is disturbing?
(a) His mother's death.
(b) A cave littered with body parts.
(c) Finding bodies in the desert.
(d) His teeth rotting out.

2. What does Jose's private immigration attorney tell Cantu and Diane about Jose's case?
(a) It will be hard but not impossible.
(b) It will be a very expensive process.
(c) It will be easy to convince the judge Jose should stay.
(d) The case will require family members to come to the U.S. from Mexico to testify in Jose's favor.

3. What do the Border Patrol agents who have processed dead bodies tell Cantu is the worst thing about the work?
(a) The sound.
(b) The sight.
(c) The smell.
(d) The heat.

4. What is the word for mass graves where the drug cartels left the bodies of those they murdered?
(a) Quintofosas.
(b) Mortefonas.
(c) Eladantas.
(d) Narcofosas.

5. Why does Cantu's relative say his house is littered with boxes on page 125?
(a) The relative is leaving the country soon and does not want to go through the trouble of unpacking.
(b) The relative does not have enough room to unpack all the things.
(c) The relative is renting temporarily until the relative can build a house soon.
(d) The relative is storing boxes for a friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adam's wife tell Cantu is different about the men who recently came to the door?

2. What is the term for a hit man who works for cartels?

3. Who accompanies Jose's wife and children to the courtroom along with Cantu?

4. What does Cantu tell the young boys who lost one of their party in the desert NOT to do if they decide to try to cross the border again?

5. What do the people who occasionally break into Adam's house always do, according to what he tells Cantu?

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