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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (pages 101 - 150).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 101, which elderly relative of Cantu's dies?
(a) His great-grandmother.
(b) His great-Aunt Frances.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His great-Uncle Roberto.

2. How does Cantu's mother become injured in Mexico during their trip there in the book's prologue?
(a) She is bitten by a stray dog.
(b) She drinks some tainted water and contracts an illness.
(c) She twists her ankle walking across a busy street.
(d) She is hit by a stray bullet.

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

4. According to Cantu, why do so many bodies in the morgue in Juarez remain unclaimed?
(a) Families fear retribution if they claim their loved ones' bodies.
(b) Families have already moved out of the country, so they are not there to claim their loved ones' bodies.
(c) Families do not know their loved ones have died.
(d) Families are too poor to pay the fees to collect the bodies.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the woman from Guadalajara tell Cantu and Mortenson she aspires to on page 37?

3. What does Cantu learn decapitation can be a symbol for?

4. Why does Cantu tell his mother he wants to work in Border Patrol on page 23?

5. Why is Morales in the hospital on page 65?

(see the answer key)

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