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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 106, what does researcher Molly Molloy believe about the reporting on the statistics of homicides in Mexico since 2007?
(a) It is likely that more homicides have occurred only in Juarez.
(b) It is likely that the number of homicides is exaggerated.
(c) It is likely that the Mexican president himself was involved in distorting the reported number of homicides.
(d) It is likely only a fraction of the number of homicides have been reported.

2. On page 220, why does Lupe ask Cantu to call the lawyer to try to get Jose to be able to see their son Vicente?
(a) Vicente said he would run away if he could not see his father.
(b) Vicente was terribly upset that Jose was being deported and Lupe thought the authorities might let Jose see him one last time.
(c) Vicente mistakenly thought the lawyer had told him their father might be released to see the family before he was deported.
(d) Vicente, Lupe's and Jose's youngest child, broke his arm, and Lupe mistakenly thinks Jose will be allowed to see Vicente before he is deported.

3. Where does Cantu's mother tell her her first job was?
(a) At Glacier National Park.
(b) At the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
(c) At the Desert Museum in Tucson.
(d) At Yellowstone National Park.

4. What animal featured in a story Cantu recalls his mother reading to him as a child on page 81?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A bear.
(c) A lion.
(d) A bird.

5. On page 101, which elderly relative of Cantu's dies?
(a) His great-Uncle Roberto.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His great-Aunt Frances.
(d) His great-grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was elected president of Mexico in 2006?

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

3. Why does Jose go back to Mexico for several weeks on page 176?

4. What is the word for mass graves where the drug cartels left the bodies of those they murdered?

5. Where do Diego, Jose's son, and Cantu stop to eat breakfast on the way to the detention center?

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