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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 of the following is one reason Cantu's mother tells him she embarked on the career she chose?
(a) She wanted to make sure everyone had equal access to higher education.
(b) She wanted to make sure consumers were protected.
(c) She wanted to help foster stronger ties with the U.S.'s allies abroad.
(d) She wanted to guard the landscape against ruin.

2. 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) Change the locks.
(c) Steal everything, including pots and pans.
(d) Break windows.

3. According to Cantu, why do so many bodies in the morgue in Juarez remain unclaimed?
(a) Families are too poor to pay the fees to collect the bodies.
(b) Families do not know their loved ones have died.
(c) Families have already moved out of the country, so they are not there to claim their loved ones' bodies.
(d) Families fear retribution if they claim their loved ones' bodies.

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

5. What are Border Patrol agents instructed to do with water, food, and other belongings they find that migrants have left in the desert?
(a) Tag everything for evidence.
(b) Take anything they want or need for themselves.
(c) Donate everything to charity.
(d) Destroy everything.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the young boys tell Cantu that the man in their party who died did that might explain his death?

2. Where did Cantu's mother work for almost her entire career?

3. Which classmate of Cantu's did he most want to see graduate from Border Patrol training with him?

4. Where does Cantu's supervisor say he hopes to be transferred to eventually?

5. On page 83, what does the dentist ask Cantu if he was aware of as a problem with his teeth?

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