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

2. What does Cantu tell the dentist when the dentist asks if his work in Border Patrol is stressful?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) It is stressful for other people he knows, but not for him.

3. Who is also in the car with Adam and his wife when they flag Cantu down on the road?
(a) Adam's father.
(b) Adam's three children.
(c) Adam's young son.
(d) Adam's dog.

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

5. What happens to Jose's middle son that Jose tells Cantu he is worried about on page 168?
(a) He was diagnosed with cancer.
(b) He was struggling in keeping up with his math homework.
(c) He was being bullied at school.
(d) He was hit by a car but was recovering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word for mass graves where the drug cartels left the bodies of those they murdered?

2. Why does Jose have problems getting back into the U.S. from Mexico?

3. What animal featured in a story Cantu recalls his mother reading to him as a child on page 81?

4. Who did Cantu's mother name him after?

5. When did large-scale fighting start in the Mexican Revolution?

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