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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. Where does Cantu go hiking on page 148?
(a) The Smoky Mountains.
(b) The Guadalupe Mountains.
(c) The Rocky Mountains.
(d) The Franklin Mountains.

2. Where does Hayward ask Cantu if he would like to move to from the Tucson office for his next post with Border Patrol?
(a) El Paso.
(b) Boston.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) San Francisco.

3. What does the woman from Guadalajara tell Cantu and Mortenson she aspires to on page 37?
(a) To be a citizen.
(b) To be a singer.
(c) To find a better home for her children.
(d) To save her grandmother.

4. On page 106, what does researcher Molly Molloy believe about the reporting on the statistics of homicides in Mexico since 2007?
(a) It is likely that the number of homicides is exaggerated.
(b) It is likely only a fraction of the number of homicides have been reported.
(c) It is likely that more homicides have occurred only in Juarez.
(d) It is likely that the Mexican president himself was involved in distorting the reported number of homicides.

5. What does Cantu want to tell Adam on the phone but holds himself back from suggesting?
(a) He should install new locks and deadbolts on all his doors.
(b) He should take his family and move somewhere else, far from the border.
(c) He should leave the church he has been a member of his entire life.
(d) He should make sure he always carries a gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which treaty modified the border delineation between Mexico and the U.S. in 1853?

2. Where did the man and his wife that Cantu picks up on the reservation on page 39 come to the U.S. from?

3. What do the people who occasionally break into Adam's house always do, according to what he tells Cantu?

4. What do the Border Patrol agents who have processed dead bodies tell Cantu is the worst thing about the work?

5. Which Italian filmmaker participated in the interviews with the former hit man for the drug cartels in 2008?

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