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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 70, what does Cantu see on his way home from working the swing shift that unsettles him?
(a) A large house fire.
(b) A man lurking in the dark on his street.
(c) A dead dog in the street.
(d) Halloween decorations in January.

2. What words are painted on rocks Cantu can see on the Juarez Mountains on page 130?
(a) Vive Libre o Muere.
(b) Si Se Puede.
(c) La Biblia Es La Verdad, Leela.
(d) La Verdad es Belleza.

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

4. On page 133, what cosmic event does Cantu imagine his relatives having witnessed?
(a) The impact of a huge meteor.
(b) A lunar eclipse.
(c) The passage of Halley's Comet.
(d) A solar eclipse.

5. According to Cantu, what is one common way reporting in the media dehumanizes migrants?
(a) By representing them as one large, undifferentiated mass of people.
(b) By never showing individual photographs of migrants.
(c) By referring to migrants as "illegal."
(d) By showing photos of drugs every time there is a news story about migrants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are migrants who survive the crossing of the desert often shepherded by smugglers inside the U.S.?

2. For about how long does Cantu see Jose every day as they work in close proximity?

3. What is the term for the genetic deficiency that predisposes certain people to acts of hostility?

4. On page 77, why is Cantu so frustrated that he loses the trail of the 20 or so immigrants he is tracking in the desert?

5. On page 104, which city does Frances's daughter tell Cantu they can see?

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