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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. For about how long does Cantu see Jose every day as they work in close proximity?
(a) Nearly 6 months.
(b) Nearly 10 years.
(c) Nearly 5 years.
(d) Nearly 2 years.

2. According to writer Rivera Garza, what does fear do?
(a) Terrify.
(b) Isolate.
(c) Enrage.
(d) Galvanize.

3. What does one of the Border Patrol agents bring to the young immigrant sisters on page 51, hoping it will make them feel better?
(a) Bread.
(b) A cake.
(c) Skittles.
(d) Soda.

4. Who accompanies Jose's wife and children to the courtroom along with Cantu?
(a) The sicario.
(b) Their pastor.
(c) Jose's friend who is a policeman.
(d) Jose's father.

5. What does Cantu tell the young boys who lost one of their party in the desert NOT to do if they decide to try to cross the border again?
(a) Try to navigate by the stars.
(b) Take water with them.
(c) Eat meat on the journey.
(d) Cross in the summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What visions of migrants does Cantu describe sometimes seeing in his nightmares on page 34?

2. What does Cantu's first supervisor tell him he should try to do with the customs agents?

3. What does the sicario describe as his experience in going to a prayer service at a Christian church?

4. Who climbed to a peak south of the international boundary line in 1706 and realized California was connected to Mexico?

5. Why does Cantu excuse himself from Morales's hospital room and not return?

(see the answer key)

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