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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. 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 twists her ankle walking across a busy street.
(c) She drinks some tainted water and contracts an illness.
(d) She is hit by a stray bullet.

2. Which of the following exercise is included in Cantu's Border Patrol training?
(a) Stationary biking.
(b) Squash.
(c) Completing a full triathlon.
(d) Soccer.

3. Why do some people on the reservation sleep in the middle of the road?
(a) They are confused and think it is a sandy beach.
(b) They want to stop the cars from passing.
(c) When they are intoxicated, they want to sleep somewhere warm, and the asphalt retains the day's heat.
(d) They think it means they will be taken into custody and given a warm bed.

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 do not know their loved ones have died.
(c) Families have already moved out of the country, so they are not there to claim their loved ones' bodies.
(d) Families are too poor to pay the fees to collect the bodies.

5. Why does Cantu excuse himself from Morales's hospital room and not return?
(a) He feels he should be at the office doing work.
(b) He is crying and does not want Morales's friends and family to see him upset.
(c) Being in the hospital brings back bad memories of his father's death.
(d) He is squeamish around medical equipment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What axiom about suffering does Cantu note on page 105?

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

5. What is the term for the genetic deficiency that predisposes certain people to acts of hostility?

(see the answer key)

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