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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 Oaxacan food did the two men Morales and Cantu picked up on page 50 offer to Cantu?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Fried grasshoppers.
(c) Chorizo.
(d) Beer.

2. Why do the tribal police often decline to come to pick up abandoned vehicles when Border Patrol calls them?
(a) They are too busy with more important work.
(b) They think abandoned vehicles harbor harmful spirits.
(c) They do not want the paperwork either.
(d) They are afraid people will still be in the vehicle.

3. What are Border Patrol agents instructed to do with water, food, and other belongings they find that migrants have left in the desert?
(a) Take anything they want or need for themselves.
(b) Tag everything for evidence.
(c) Destroy everything.
(d) Donate everything to charity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people who occasionally break into Adam's house always do, according to what he tells Cantu?

2. 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?

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

4. Which treaty modified the border delineation between Mexico and the U.S. in 1853?

5. Which other colleagues of Cantu's also visited Morales in the hospital while Cantu was there?

(see the answer key)

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