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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 201 - 247).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 222, what does Cantu tell his mother he feels like he has been circling underneath for all these years?
(a) A ceiling fan.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A giant.
(d) A dragonfly.

2. Which of the following cities suffered damage during the Mexican Revolution?
(a) Juarez.
(b) Oaxaca.
(c) El Paso.
(d) Mexico City.

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

4. What does Cantu's mother tell him about what she has learned about violence?
(a) Humans learn violence by watching violent movies.
(b) Humans learn violence by listening to heavy metal music.
(c) Humans learn violence by reading about it only one time.
(d) Humans learn violence by watching others and seeing it enshrined in institutions.

5. Who is Jose's private immigration attorney?
(a) Elizabeth Green.
(b) Faith Ford.
(c) Jane Smiley.
(d) Cora Worthington.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2008, which of the following writers conducted interviews with a former cartel hit man?

2. On page 70, what does Cantu see on his way home from working the swing shift that unsettles him?

3. Why do some people on the reservation sleep in the middle of the road?

4. What does the elderly man from Michoacan ask Cantu if he can do while he wants to be deported on page 31?

5. 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?

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