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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 does one of the Border Patrol agents bring to the young immigrant sisters on page 51, hoping it will make them feel better?
(a) Soda.
(b) A cake.
(c) Bread.
(d) Skittles.

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

3. What do the Border Patrol agents who have processed dead bodies tell Cantu is the worst thing about the work?
(a) The smell.
(b) The sound.
(c) The sight.
(d) The heat.

4. When was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo enacted?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1750.
(d) 1776.

5. Why does Adam flag down Cantu as Cantu drives through the reservation on page 67?
(a) Adam has noticed many strange vehicles passing through his town, and some men had come to his house and intimidated his wife.
(b) Adam's wife was in labor and they needed an ambulance fast.
(c) Adam found a gun in the desert and does not know what to do with it.
(d) Adam found drugs in the desert and does not know what to do with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stayed with the body in the desert while the other agents brought the surviving migrants back to the Border Patrol station to be processed on page 57?

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

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

4. How old were the young immigrant sisters Mortenson asks Cantu to translate for on page 51?

5. What kind of dangerous animal does Cole tell Cantu and his colleagues to look out for on page 32?

(see the answer key)

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