View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 117, what does Cantu dream about that is disturbing?
(a) His teeth rotting out.
(b) A cave littered with body parts.
(c) Finding bodies in the desert.
(d) His mother's death.

2. What delicacy did Morales want to eat that the two men he and Cantu picked up on page 50 had?
(a) Jerky.
(b) Chilaquiles.
(c) Flan.
(d) Papusas.

3. What does Cantu learn decapitation can be a symbol for?
(a) Power and dominance.
(b) Economic inequality.
(c) Racial violence.
(d) Submission.

4. On page 157, what does Hayward tell Cantu about coming back to Border Patrol after a leave of absence?
(a) If Cantu takes a leave of absence, he can come back, but at the lowest position level possible.
(b) Hayward wants to keep Cantu as an employee, and he can arrange for Cantu to come back after a leave of absence.
(c) If Cantu takes a leave of absence, he can not come back.
(d) Hayward wants Cantu to take a leave of absence and then come back to take a much higher-level position.

5. Who climbed to a peak south of the international boundary line in 1706 and realized California was connected to Mexico?
(a) Guadalupe Hidalgo.
(b) Father Eusebio Kino.
(c) Christopher Columbus.
(d) Oscar Romero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jose originally from?

2. Which of the following exercise is included in Cantu's Border Patrol training?

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

4. Who is Cantu's first supervisor on his first rotating shifts with Border Patrol?

5. What tradition do Cantu and his mother perform every Christmas Eve?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 336 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample