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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mountain range along the West Texas border do Cantu and his mother stop at during their Thanksgiving trip on page 3?
(a) The Guadalupe Mountains.
(b) The Smoky Mountains.
(c) The Blue Ridge Mountains.
(d) The Rocky Mountains.

2. When Cantu stops a suspicious car on page 70, what false name does one of the men give to Cantu?
(a) Jimi Hendrix.
(b) Michael Jackson.
(c) Mick Jagger.
(d) George Bush.

3. On page 77, why is Cantu so frustrated that he loses the trail of the 20 or so immigrants he is tracking in the desert?
(a) He is worried that the group may be carrying dangerous weapons to sell.
(b) He had wanted to make more arrests that day to reach his quota.
(c) He is concerned that drug cartel members might also be after the group.
(d) He is worried about their safety and had heard the group may include women and children.

4. What does Cantu tell the dentist when the dentist asks if his work in Border Patrol is stressful?
(a) It is stressful for other people he knows, but not for him.
(b) No.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Yes.

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

6. Where does Cantu find two tired immigrants camped out on the reservation on page 38?
(a) In a soup kitchen.
(b) In an abandoned school house.
(c) Inside a church.
(d) In a police station.

7. What does the elderly man from Michoacan ask Cantu if he can do while he wants to be deported on page 31?
(a) Play cards with Cantu.
(b) Call his wife to tell her he is safe.
(c) Eat a dinner he brought in his backpack.
(d) Any kind of work in the border patrol station.

8. What does Cantu tell the young boys who lost one of their party in the desert NOT to do if they decide to try to cross the border again?
(a) Take water with them.
(b) Eat meat on the journey.
(c) Cross in the summer.
(d) Try to navigate by the stars.

9. Who is Cantu's supervisor at his new job in intelligence at the Border Patrol office in Tucson?
(a) Morales.
(b) Hayward.
(c) Manuel.
(d) Beto.

10. How does Cantu's mother become injured in Mexico during their trip there in the book's prologue?
(a) She drinks some tainted water and contracts an illness.
(b) She twists her ankle walking across a busy street.
(c) She is bitten by a stray dog.
(d) She is hit by a stray bullet.

11. What often happens, according to Cantu, when the U.S. enacts a border crackdown?
(a) Undocumented immigrants stop coming into the country.
(b) Undocumented immigrants chose other countries to immigrate to.
(c) Smugglers increase their fees for helping people cross the border.
(d) Undocumented immigration surges.

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

13. On page 70, what does Cantu see on his way home from working the swing shift that unsettles him?
(a) A man lurking in the dark on his street.
(b) A large house fire.
(c) Halloween decorations in January.
(d) A dead dog in the street.

14. On page 97, what does Cantu tell Hayward is bothering him about the job?
(a) He feels like he is not getting paid enough.
(b) He feels bad for all the people crossing that he can not help.
(c) He feels that his language skills are not up to par.
(d) He feels like all the real work is really out in the field.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Cantu spend in training in his Border Patrol unit on page 35?

2. Why do the tribal police often decline to come to pick up abandoned vehicles when Border Patrol calls them?

3. Where does Cantu's mother live?

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

5. What does Cantu deliberately shoot at the firing range just to see if he is capable of taking a life?

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