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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. Where did Cantu's mother work for almost her entire career?
(a) The U.S. Air Force.
(b) The U.S. State Department.
(c) The U.S. National Park Service.
(d) The Wild Rangers Service.

2. What happens to Cantu only two days after arriving to his post as a Border Patrol agent?
(a) He and his colleagues find a dad body in the dessert.
(b) He and his colleagues are reprimanded for not adhering to the agency's rules.
(c) He and his colleagues catch their first load of drugs.
(d) He and his colleagues get a flat tire in the desert.

3. What does Cantu's mother tell him is her impression of the Border Patrol agency?
(a) It is the best place he can work at the moment.
(b) It will probably be shut down soon.
(c) It is a system with little regard for people.
(d) He can not trust the people who work there.

4. Who was Hart's roommate who dropped out of Border Patrol training?
(a) Wesson.
(b) Dominguez.
(c) Morales.
(d) Smith.

5. Why do Border Patrol agents destroy migrants' belongings they find in the desert?
(a) To make sure they continue to think of migrants as less than human.
(b) Because they resent the migrants so much.
(c) To clean up the desert, per their orders.
(d) To discourage the migrants from continuing their journey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal features in one of Cantu's unsettling dreams on page 14?

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

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

4. What Oaxacan food did the two men Morales and Cantu picked up on page 50 offer to Cantu?

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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