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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. Why do Border Patrol agents destroy migrants' belongings they find in the desert?
(a) To discourage the migrants from continuing their journey.
(b) To clean up the desert, per their orders.
(c) To make sure they continue to think of migrants as less than human.
(d) Because they resent the migrants so much.

2. Which city did Cantu's grandfather come from?
(a) Juarez.
(b) Chihuahua.
(c) Monterrey.
(d) Mexico City.

3. Why does Adam flag down Cantu as Cantu drives through the reservation on page 67?
(a) Adam's wife was in labor and they needed an ambulance fast.
(b) Adam found a gun in the desert and does not know what to do with it.
(c) Adam has noticed many strange vehicles passing through his town, and some men had come to his house and intimidated his wife.
(d) Adam found drugs in the desert and does not know what to do with them.

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

5. What does Cole do with the hand sanitizer he asks the Border Patrol agents for on page 32?
(a) Throws it in someone's eyes.
(b) Empties it into the sand.
(c) Taunts a migrant with it.
(d) Lights a cactus on fire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Cantu's colleague Cole's nickname?

3. According to Cantu, what is one common way reporting in the media dehumanizes migrants?

4. Which organization began an investigation into the large-scale killings of women in Juarez in 2004?

5. Who are Cantu's new colleagues in El Paso?

(see the answer key)

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