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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 2008, which of the following writers conducted interviews with a former cartel hit man?
(a) Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
(b) Christopher Hitchens.
(c) Martin Bradley.
(d) Charles Bowden.

2. What does Carl Jung write towards the end of his life that Cantu cites on page 163?
(a) It is always useful to have someone on a lower run that oneself.
(b) Man has always had the capacity for war.
(c) We are again living in an age filled with apocalyptic images of universal destruction.
(d) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I took the one less traveled by.

3. Who is Jose's court-appointed attorney?
(a) Atticus.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Walter.
(d) Scott.

4. What does Hayward tell Cantu about his own experience in the field that makes Cantu see Hayward in a different light on page 145?
(a) Hayward had been offered the opportunity to write a book about his experiences working for Border Patrol.
(b) Hayward shot and killed a young man once in the line of duty.
(c) Hayward had never wanted to take his job in Border Patrol, but his father had persuaded him to do it.
(d) Hayward had taken time off because of PTSD.

5. Who is the woman who owns the mercado where Jose works?
(a) Denise.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Holly.
(d) Diane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cantu's birth name?

2. What does Jose share with Cantu every morning?

3. What is Cantu's grandfather's name?

4. Where does Cantu go hiking on page 148?

5. What axiom about suffering does Cantu note on page 105?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the sicario, or hit man for a cartel, tell Charles Bowden was an important symbolic part of disposing of the bodies of the people he killed?

2. Why does Cantu tell Hayward he will likely stop working for Border Patrol on page 157?

3. What Greek story does Cantu mention and compare to some of the tragedies he sees playing out in the desert through his job?

4. What does Cantu do to try to help Jose when he has trouble with U.S. immigration after leaving the U.S. to visit his dying mother in Mexico?

5. What does Cantu write that Carl Jung said the meaning of a savage animal in a dream was?

6. What does Hayward tell Cantu's new colleagues in Tucson, Beto and Manuel, about Cantu's skills?

7. What does Cantu's supervisor Hayward at Border Patrol suggest as a change in direction for him that will still allow him to stay with the agency on page 111?

8. Why is Lupe, Jose's wife, not able to visit the detention center where he is being held awaiting a final decision on his case?

9. What was Cantu's original birth name, and why did Cantu's mother change his name?

10. What does the U.S. Marshal from the courtroom give to one of Jose's sons that surprises Jose's defense attorney?

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