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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (pages 51 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which other colleagues of Cantu's also visited Morales in the hospital while Cantu was there?
(a) Smith and Wesson.
(b) Dominguez and Monterey.
(c) Beto and Manuel.
(d) Cole and Hart.

2. What does Cantu deliberately shoot at the firing range just to see if he is capable of taking a life?
(a) A swan.
(b) A small yellow bird.
(c) A chipmunk.
(d) A small dog.

3. Where did Cantu's mother work for almost her entire career?
(a) The U.S. State Department.
(b) The Wild Rangers Service.
(c) The U.S. Air Force.
(d) The U.S. National Park Service.

4. Who was Hart's roommate who dropped out of Border Patrol training?
(a) Dominguez.
(b) Morales.
(c) Wesson.
(d) Smith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What visions of migrants does Cantu describe sometimes seeing in his nightmares on page 34?

2. What animal features in one of Cantu's unsettling dreams on page 14?

3. Why do the tribal police often decline to come to pick up abandoned vehicles when Border Patrol calls them?

4. What is Cantu's colleague Cole's nickname?

5. How does Cantu's mother become injured in Mexico during their trip there in the book's prologue?

(see the answer key)

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