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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. Who is the woman who owns the mercado where Jose works?
(a) Holly.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Diane.
(d) Denise.

2. 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) Dead migrants who have not made it out of the desert alive.
(c) Migrants who have been bitten by poisonous snakes.
(d) Migrants who have been shot and thrown in mass graves.

3. Where does Cantu's supervisor say he hopes to be transferred to eventually?
(a) New York City.
(b) Northern Virginia or Washington, D.C.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Chicago.

4. How old were the young immigrant sisters Mortenson asks Cantu to translate for on page 51?
(a) 6 and 7.
(b) 9 and 10.
(c) 20 and 21.
(d) 15 and 16.

5. Which Italian filmmaker participated in the interviews with the former hit man for the drug cartels in 2008?
(a) Franco Zefferelli.
(b) Frances Ford Coppola.
(c) Gianfranco Rosi.
(d) Matteo Baggheti.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cantu's colleague Cole's nickname?

2. What does Cantu tell the dentist when the dentist asks if his work in Border Patrol is stressful?

3. Where does Cantu find two tired immigrants camped out on the reservation on page 38?

4. What animal features in one of Cantu's unsettling dreams on page 14?

5. Why do Border Patrol agents destroy migrants' belongings they find in the desert?

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