View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 201 - 247).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cantu learn decapitation can be a symbol for?
(a) Racial violence.
(b) Power and dominance.
(c) Submission.
(d) Economic inequality.

2. What does Cantu tell the young boys who lost one of their party in the desert NOT to do if they decide to try to cross the border again?
(a) Try to navigate by the stars.
(b) Cross in the summer.
(c) Eat meat on the journey.
(d) Take water with them.

3. What does Jose tell Cantu about bringing his sons to live in Mexico with him?
(a) He would love to bring his sons to Mexico, but his sons are dead-set against the idea.
(b) He would never bring his sons to Mexico because it is too violent and chaotic there.
(c) He would love to bring his sons to Mexico but he can not afford to do this.
(d) He would love to bring his sons to Mexico, but his wife Lupe will not allow it.

4. Who was elected president of Mexico in 2006?
(a) Vicente Fox.
(b) Oscar Romero.
(c) Beto O'Rourke.
(d) Felipe Calderon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carl Jung write towards the end of his life that Cantu cites on page 163?

2. What does Cantu do for Beto when Beto goes away for several days on page 148?

3. What does Cole do with the hand sanitizer he asks the Border Patrol agents for on page 32?

4. Which poet re-imagined the Greek tragedy Antigone set in modern Mexico?

5. What does the U.S. Marshal give to Diego, Jose's youngest son, outside the courtroom?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 379 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample