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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. What do the Border Patrol agents who have processed dead bodies tell Cantu is the worst thing about the work?
(a) The heat.
(b) The smell.
(c) The sound.
(d) The sight.

2. Who climbed to a peak south of the international boundary line in 1706 and realized California was connected to Mexico?
(a) Father Eusebio Kino.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Oscar Romero.
(d) Guadalupe Hidalgo.

3. What animal featured in a story Cantu recalls his mother reading to him as a child on page 81?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A bear.
(c) A lion.
(d) A bird.

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

5. Where does Cantu find two tired immigrants camped out on the reservation on page 38?
(a) In a police station.
(b) In an abandoned school house.
(c) Inside a church.
(d) In a soup kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cantu's mother live?

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

3. What kind of case is more paperwork that involves drugs found at the border?

4. What kind of dangerous animal does Cole tell Cantu and his colleagues to look out for on page 32?

5. On page 76, what does Cantu's mother tell him she is worried about apart from his safety on his job?

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