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

2. On page 76, what does Cantu's mother tell him she is worried about apart from his safety on his job?
(a) She is worried about Cantu's mental health and happiness, too.
(b) She is worried that the job does not pay well enough to support Cantu.
(c) She is worried that he will never have a change to become a manager.
(d) She is worried that he will never go back to school for his master's degree.

3. 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 make sure he always carries a gun.
(c) He should take his family and move somewhere else, far from the border.
(d) He should leave the church he has been a member of his entire life.

4. What kind of dangerous animal does Cole tell Cantu and his colleagues to look out for on page 32?
(a) A rattlesnake.
(b) A mountain lion.
(c) A bear.
(d) A mongoose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cantu's supervisor at his new job in intelligence at the Border Patrol office in Tucson?

2. How old were the young immigrant sisters Mortenson asks Cantu to translate for on page 51?

3. On page 77, why is Cantu so frustrated that he loses the trail of the 20 or so immigrants he is tracking in the desert?

4. What tradition do Cantu and his mother perform every Christmas Eve?

5. What does the woman from Guadalajara tell Cantu and Mortenson she aspires to on page 37?

(see the answer key)

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