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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. On page 83, what does the dentist ask Cantu if he was aware of as a problem with his teeth?
(a) Whether he knew he was grinding his teeth.
(b) Whether he knew he had gingivitis.
(c) Whether he knew he had several teeth missing.
(d) Whether he knew he had five cavities.

2. When did large-scale fighting start in the Mexican Revolution?
(a) September 1914.
(b) May 1911.
(c) February 1909.
(d) August 1920.

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

4. On page 133, what cosmic event does Cantu imagine his relatives having witnessed?
(a) The passage of Halley's Comet.
(b) A solar eclipse.
(c) The impact of a huge meteor.
(d) A lunar eclipse.

5. On page 155, what does the sicario tell his interviewers about his dreams?
(a) They were calming and peaceful.
(b) He stopped dreaming after doing his job for several years.
(c) They were horrible and very realistic.
(d) They were very short.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cantu, why do so many bodies in the morgue in Juarez remain unclaimed?

2. What does Adam's wife tell Cantu is different about the men who recently came to the door?

3. On page 97, what does Cantu tell Hayward is bothering him about the job?

4. What does one woman being sentenced in immigration court tell the judge that prompts him to say someone will see her at the detention facility?

5. What words are painted on rocks Cantu can see on the Juarez Mountains on page 130?

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