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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 50).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Cantu's mother work for almost her entire career?
(a) The U.S. State Department.
(b) The U.S. Air Force.
(c) The U.S. National Park Service.
(d) The Wild Rangers Service.

2. Where does Cantu find two tired immigrants camped out on the reservation on page 38?
(a) In a police station.
(b) In an abandoned school house.
(c) In a soup kitchen.
(d) Inside a church.

3. Why do the tribal police often decline to come to pick up abandoned vehicles when Border Patrol calls them?
(a) They are too busy with more important work.
(b) They think abandoned vehicles harbor harmful spirits.
(c) They do not want the paperwork either.
(d) They are afraid people will still be in the vehicle.

4. How does Cantu's mother become injured in Mexico during their trip there in the book's prologue?
(a) She is hit by a stray bullet.
(b) She is bitten by a stray dog.
(c) She drinks some tainted water and contracts an illness.
(d) She twists her ankle walking across a busy street.

5. Where does Cantu's mother live?
(a) Texas.
(b) Maryland.
(c) California.
(d) Arizona.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cantu's mother tell him is her impression of the Border Patrol agency?

2. What are Border Patrol agents instructed to do with water, food, and other belongings they find that migrants have left in the desert?

3. Which classmate of Cantu's did he most want to see graduate from Border Patrol training with him?

4. What visions of migrants does Cantu describe sometimes seeing in his nightmares on page 34?

5. How long does Cantu spend in training in his Border Patrol unit on page 35?

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