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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Morales in the hospital on page 65?
(a) He had had a heart attack.
(b) He was suffering from severe anxiety.
(c) He was in a motorcycle accident.
(d) He was in a swimming accident.

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

3. What does Cantu's first supervisor tell him he should try to do with the customs agents?
(a) Learn their job so that he could move into one of those positions as a promotion.
(b) Make friends with them.
(c) Learn how to access their computer systems so they can share useful information.
(d) Bribe them.

4. Which classmate of Cantu's did he most want to see graduate from Border Patrol training with him?
(a) Morales.
(b) Hart.
(c) Smith.
(d) Santiago.

5. 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.

6. What does Cantu want to tell Adam on the phone but holds himself back from suggesting?
(a) He should install new locks and deadbolts on all his doors.
(b) He should make sure he always carries a gun.
(c) He should take his family and move somewhere else, far from the border.
(d) He should leave the church he has been a member of his entire life.

7. 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.

8. How long does Cantu spend in training in his Border Patrol unit on page 35?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 year.

9. Why do some people on the reservation sleep in the middle of the road?
(a) They think it means they will be taken into custody and given a warm bed.
(b) When they are intoxicated, they want to sleep somewhere warm, and the asphalt retains the day's heat.
(c) They are confused and think it is a sandy beach.
(d) They want to stop the cars from passing.

10. Why does Adam flag down Cantu as Cantu drives through the reservation on page 67?
(a) Adam found a gun in the desert and does not know what to do with it.
(b) Adam has noticed many strange vehicles passing through his town, and some men had come to his house and intimidated his wife.
(c) Adam found drugs in the desert and does not know what to do with them.
(d) Adam's wife was in labor and they needed an ambulance fast.

11. What does Adam's wife tell Cantu is different about the men who recently came to the door?
(a) They wore camouflage pants and did not carry backpacks.
(b) They seemed very afraid.
(c) They carried guns.
(d) They spoke perfect English.

12. Who is Cantu's first supervisor on his first rotating shifts with Border Patrol?
(a) Smith.
(b) Mortenson.
(c) Morales.
(d) Hart.

13. 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.

14. On page 83, what does the dentist ask Cantu if he was aware of as a problem with his teeth?
(a) Whether he knew he was grinding his teeth.
(b) Whether he knew he had several teeth missing.
(c) Whether he knew he had five cavities.
(d) Whether he knew he had gingivitis.

15. What does Cantu deliberately shoot at the firing range just to see if he is capable of taking a life?
(a) A swan.
(b) A small dog.
(c) A chipmunk.
(d) A small yellow bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. What often happens, according to Cantu, when the U.S. enacts a border crackdown?

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

3. Where did Cantu's mother work for almost her entire career?

4. Where did the man and his wife that Cantu picks up on the reservation on page 39 come to the U.S. from?

5. What mountain range along the West Texas border do Cantu and his mother stop at during their Thanksgiving trip on page 3?

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