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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (pages 101 - 150).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cantu's mother tell him she insisted on keeping her maiden name after she married his father?
(a) So he would always carry something from her family and not forget his Mexican heritage.
(b) She he would benefit from her family's political connections.
(c) So he could pass the name on to his own children.
(d) So he could always easily apply for a Mexican passport if he wanted to.

2. What does Beto tell Cantu about his aspirations for a career when he was a child?
(a) He had wanted to be a teacher.
(b) In El Paso, the only good work had been in manufacturing.
(c) In El Paso, the only people doing well were working for the cartels or working to take them down.
(d) He had wanted to be an engineer.

3. What is Cantu's colleague Cole's nickname?
(a) Reaper.
(b) Renaissance.
(c) Black Death.
(d) Renegade.

4. What do the people who occasionally break into Adam's house always do, according to what he tells Cantu?
(a) Leave the water running.
(b) Steal everything, including pots and pans.
(c) Break windows.
(d) Change the locks.

5. Which Italian filmmaker participated in the interviews with the former hit man for the drug cartels in 2008?
(a) Frances Ford Coppola.
(b) Matteo Baggheti.
(c) Gianfranco Rosi.
(d) Franco Zefferelli.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Border Patrol agents destroy migrants' belongings they find in the desert?

2. On page 141, what does Cantu tell Beto he is thinking of doing after leaving Border Patrol?

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

4. According to Cantu, what is one common way reporting in the media dehumanizes migrants?

5. Who stayed with the body in the desert while the other agents brought the surviving migrants back to the Border Patrol station to be processed on page 57?

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