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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. What mountain range along the West Texas border do Cantu and his mother stop at during their Thanksgiving trip on page 3?
(a) The Guadalupe Mountains.
(b) The Smoky Mountains.
(c) The Rocky Mountains.
(d) The Blue Ridge Mountains.

2. What kind of case is more paperwork that involves drugs found at the border?
(a) A smuggling case involving cocaine.
(b) A smuggling case with live suspects.
(c) A smuggling case involving heroin.
(d) A smuggling case with more than 10 ounces of drugs.

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

4. Where did the man and his wife that Cantu picks up on the reservation on page 39 come to the U.S. from?
(a) Morelos.
(b) Jurez.
(c) The Yucatan.
(d) Columbia.

5. How does Cantu's mother become injured in Mexico during their trip there in the book's prologue?
(a) She is hit by a stray bullet.
(b) She twists her ankle walking across a busy street.
(c) She is bitten by a stray dog.
(d) She drinks some tainted water and contracts an illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Cantu only two days after arriving to his post as a Border Patrol agent?

2. What visions of migrants does Cantu describe sometimes seeing in his nightmares on page 34?

3. When was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo enacted?

4. Why do the tribal police often decline to come to pick up abandoned vehicles when Border Patrol calls them?

5. What does the elderly man from Michoacan ask Cantu if he can do while he wants to be deported on page 31?

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