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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. Where are migrants who survive the crossing of the desert often shepherded by smugglers inside the U.S.?
(a) To vampire towns.
(b) To prisons.
(c) To family members waiting to welcome them.
(d) To "drop houses."

2. Where does Cantu's mother live?
(a) Texas.
(b) Maryland.
(c) California.
(d) Arizona.

3. Why is Morales in the hospital on page 65?
(a) He was suffering from severe anxiety.
(b) He was in a motorcycle accident.
(c) He was in a swimming accident.
(d) He had had a heart attack.

4. Who did Cantu's mother name him after?
(a) Saint Francis of Assisi.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) An old family friend.
(d) The city of San Francisco.

5. Where did the man and his wife that Cantu picks up on the reservation on page 39 come to the U.S. from?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Morelos.
(c) Jurez.
(d) The Yucatan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Adam's reaction when Cantu asks him why his village is called a "vampire" village?

3. What are Border Patrol agents instructed to do with water, food, and other belongings they find that migrants have left in the desert?

4. 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?

5. How long does Cantu spend in training in his Border Patrol unit on page 35?

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