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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 201 - 247).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname does Jose use for Cantu on page 213?
(a) Josh.
(b) Cisco.
(c) Paco.
(d) Frankie.

2. What does Cantu do for Beto when Beto goes away for several days on page 148?
(a) Take care of Beto's dog.
(b) Water Beto's plants.
(c) Do Beto's paperwork.
(d) Look after Beto's elderly mother.

3. What does Cantu dream about Jose on page 224?
(a) That he has made it back to the U.S. but that he is old and haggard.
(b) That he has died.
(c) That he made it across the border and is in dire straits in the desert.
(d) That he is reunited with his sons and wife.

4. How old were the young immigrant sisters Mortenson asks Cantu to translate for on page 51?
(a) 15 and 16.
(b) 6 and 7.
(c) 9 and 10.
(d) 20 and 21.

5. What are Border Patrol agents instructed to do with water, food, and other belongings they find that migrants have left in the desert?
(a) Donate everything to charity.
(b) Tag everything for evidence.
(c) Take anything they want or need for themselves.
(d) Destroy everything.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cantu go hiking on page 148?

2. What does Carl Jung write towards the end of his life that Cantu cites on page 163?

3. Where did the man and his wife that Cantu picks up on the reservation on page 39 come to the U.S. from?

4. Who is the woman who owns the mercado where Jose works?

5. What is Cantu's colleague Cole's nickname?

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