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

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

3. On page 99, why is Cantu's mother so upset on the phone?
(a) Her friend had told her she had seen Cantu in the street earlier and he looked very ill.
(b) She had heard a Border Patrol agent was killed and she worried it might be him.
(c) She wanted to ask how his doctor's appointment had turned out.
(d) She had a dream that he had been hurt and she was checking on him.

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

5. 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?
(a) Morales.
(b) Cantu.
(c) Beto.
(d) Hart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cantu tell the dentist when the dentist asks if his work in Border Patrol is stressful?

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

3. What kind of case is more paperwork that involves drugs found at the border?

4. Who climbed to a peak south of the international boundary line in 1706 and realized California was connected to Mexico?

5. Where did the man and his wife that Cantu picks up on the reservation on page 39 come to the U.S. from?

(see the answer key)

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