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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 delicacy did Morales want to eat that the two men he and Cantu picked up on page 50 had?
(a) Papusas.
(b) Flan.
(c) Jerky.
(d) Chilaquiles.

2. What often happens, according to Cantu, when the U.S. enacts a border crackdown?
(a) Undocumented immigration surges.
(b) Smugglers increase their fees for helping people cross the border.
(c) Undocumented immigrants stop coming into the country.
(d) Undocumented immigrants chose other countries to immigrate to.

3. What visions of migrants does Cantu describe sometimes seeing in his nightmares on page 34?
(a) Migrant children looking for their parents in the desert.
(b) Migrants who have been bitten by poisonous snakes.
(c) Dead migrants who have not made it out of the desert alive.
(d) Migrants who have been shot and thrown in mass graves.

4. What Oaxacan food did the two men Morales and Cantu picked up on page 50 offer to Cantu?
(a) Fried grasshoppers.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Chorizo.
(d) Beer.

5. 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 that the job does not pay well enough to support Cantu.
(b) She is worried about Cantu's mental health and happiness, too.
(c) She is worried that he will never go back to school for his master's degree.
(d) She is worried that he will never have a change to become a manager.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cantu find two tired immigrants camped out on the reservation on page 38?

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

3. What does Cantu's first supervisor tell him he should try to do with the customs agents?

4. Who climbed to a peak south of the international boundary line in 1706 and realized California was connected to Mexico?

5. What does Cantu's mother tell him is her impression of the Border Patrol agency?

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