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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. What words are painted on rocks Cantu can see on the Juarez Mountains on page 130?
(a) Si Se Puede.
(b) Vive Libre o Muere.
(c) La Verdad es Belleza.
(d) La Biblia Es La Verdad, Leela.

2. What does the elderly man from Michoacan ask Cantu if he can do while he wants to be deported on page 31?
(a) Eat a dinner he brought in his backpack.
(b) Call his wife to tell her he is safe.
(c) Play cards with Cantu.
(d) Any kind of work in the border patrol station.

3. What kind of dangerous animal does Cole tell Cantu and his colleagues to look out for on page 32?
(a) A mountain lion.
(b) A bear.
(c) A rattlesnake.
(d) A mongoose.

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

5. Where does Hayward ask Cantu if he would like to move to from the Tucson office for his next post with Border Patrol?
(a) El Paso.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following cities suffered damage during the Mexican Revolution?

2. Which of the following is one of the most common types of metaphors used by journalists writing about migrant deaths?

3. What do the Border Patrol agents who have processed dead bodies tell Cantu is the worst thing about the work?

4. When was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo enacted?

5. Why does Adam flag down Cantu as Cantu drives through the reservation on page 67?

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