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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 50).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Cantu spend in training in his Border Patrol unit on page 35?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 1 year.

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

3. What does Cantu's first supervisor tell him he should try to do with the customs agents?
(a) Learn their job so that he could move into one of those positions as a promotion.
(b) Learn how to access their computer systems so they can share useful information.
(c) Make friends with them.
(d) Bribe them.

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

5. Why does Cantu's mother tell him he can work anywhere he would like?
(a) He speaks five languages and anyone would be happy to employ him.
(b) He is the smartest person she knows.
(c) He graduated with honors and has a 4-year degree.
(d) She knows many people who can get him a job in finance in New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do some people on the reservation sleep in the middle of the road?

2. What delicacy did Morales want to eat that the two men he and Cantu picked up on page 50 had?

3. Which of the following is one reason Cantu's mother tells him she embarked on the career she chose?

4. Why do Border Patrol agents destroy migrants' belongings they find in the desert?

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

(see the answer key)

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