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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. Why does Cantu tell his mother he wants to work in Border Patrol on page 23?
(a) He wants his wife and children to be proud of him.
(b) He has read about the border in books and now he wants to see what it is like for himself.
(c) The job pays very well.
(d) Border Patrol will pay for him to earn a master's degree while he works there.

2. What do the people who occasionally break into Adam's house always do, according to what he tells Cantu?
(a) Change the locks.
(b) Break windows.
(c) Leave the water running.
(d) Steal everything, including pots and pans.

3. What does Adam's wife tell Cantu is different about the men who recently came to the door?
(a) They carried guns.
(b) They spoke perfect English.
(c) They seemed very afraid.
(d) They wore camouflage pants and did not carry backpacks.

4. What delicacy did Morales want to eat that the two men he and Cantu picked up on page 50 had?
(a) Papusas.
(b) Chilaquiles.
(c) Flan.
(d) Jerky.

5. What does Cantu tell the young boys who lost one of their party in the desert NOT to do if they decide to try to cross the border again?
(a) Eat meat on the journey.
(b) Try to navigate by the stars.
(c) Take water with them.
(d) Cross in the summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 77, why is Cantu so frustrated that he loses the trail of the 20 or so immigrants he is tracking in the desert?

2. What does Cantu's supervisor tell him he might find at first in his new job in intelligence?

3. What does Cantu deliberately shoot at the firing range just to see if he is capable of taking a life?

4. What happens to Cantu only two days after arriving to his post as a Border Patrol agent?

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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