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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. What mountain range along the West Texas border do Cantu and his mother stop at during their Thanksgiving trip on page 3?
(a) The Rocky Mountains.
(b) The Blue Ridge Mountains.
(c) The Guadalupe Mountains.
(d) The Smoky Mountains.

2. Why does Cantu tell his mother he wants to work in Border Patrol on page 23?
(a) The job pays very well.
(b) Border Patrol will pay for him to earn a master's degree while he works there.
(c) He wants his wife and children to be proud of him.
(d) He has read about the border in books and now he wants to see what it is like for himself.

3. 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.

4. What happens to Cantu only two days after arriving to his post as a Border Patrol agent?
(a) He and his colleagues catch their first load of drugs.
(b) He and his colleagues are reprimanded for not adhering to the agency's rules.
(c) He and his colleagues get a flat tire in the desert.
(d) He and his colleagues find a dad body in the dessert.

5. What does Cantu tell the young boys who lost one of their party in the desert NOT to do if they decide to try to cross the border again?
(a) Eat meat on the journey.
(b) Try to navigate by the stars.
(c) Cross in the summer.
(d) Take water with them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Adam's wife tell Cantu is different about the men who recently came to the door?

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

4. On page 111, what kind of bird does Cantu see on one of his monitor cameras?

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

(see the answer key)

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