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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 151 - 200).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What visions of migrants does Cantu describe sometimes seeing in his nightmares on page 34?
(a) Migrant children looking for their parents in the desert.
(b) Migrants who have been bitten by poisonous snakes.
(c) Dead migrants who have not made it out of the desert alive.
(d) Migrants who have been shot and thrown in mass graves.

2. On page 104, which city does Frances's daughter tell Cantu they can see?
(a) El Paso.
(b) Juarez.
(c) Tijuana.
(d) Cancun.

3. When was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo enacted?
(a) 1750.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1848.

4. What animal features in one of Cantu's unsettling dreams on page 14?
(a) A lion.
(b) A worm.
(c) A whale.
(d) A wolf.

5. Why does Cantu's mother tell him she insisted on keeping her maiden name after she married his father?
(a) So he would always carry something from her family and not forget his Mexican heritage.
(b) So he could pass the name on to his own children.
(c) So he could always easily apply for a Mexican passport if he wanted to.
(d) She he would benefit from her family's political connections.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jose's court-appointed attorney?

2. On page 101, which elderly relative of Cantu's dies?

3. What happens to Jose's middle son that Jose tells Cantu he is worried about on page 168?

4. Who does Cantu stay behind in New Mexico to visit on page 125?

5. What does Hayward tell Cantu about his own experience in the field that makes Cantu see Hayward in a different light on page 145?

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