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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 Cantu's supervisor tell him he might find at first in his new job in intelligence?
(a) The shift work may be difficult to adjust to.
(b) It may seem boring compared to field work.
(c) His eyes may seem tired from looking at screens all day.
(d) His ears might ring from wearing headphones all day.

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

3. 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.

4. What does Cantu tell the dentist when the dentist asks if his work in Border Patrol is stressful?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) It is stressful for other people he knows, but not for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 83, what does the dentist ask Cantu if he was aware of as a problem with his teeth?

2. Where does Cantu's mother live?

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

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

5. How do other agents refer to the village Adam and his wife live in?

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