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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cantu's mother tell him is her impression of the Border Patrol agency?
(a) It is a system with little regard for people.
(b) It will probably be shut down soon.
(c) It is the best place he can work at the moment.
(d) He can not trust the people who work there.

2. Why do Border Patrol agents destroy migrants' belongings they find in the desert?
(a) To discourage the migrants from continuing their journey.
(b) To clean up the desert, per their orders.
(c) To make sure they continue to think of migrants as less than human.
(d) Because they resent the migrants so much.

3. Where did Cantu's mother work for almost her entire career?
(a) The U.S. Air Force.
(b) The U.S. State Department.
(c) The U.S. National Park Service.
(d) The Wild Rangers Service.

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

5. What happens to Cantu only two days after arriving to his post as a Border Patrol agent?
(a) He and his colleagues are reprimanded for not adhering to the agency's rules.
(b) He and his colleagues find a dad body in the dessert.
(c) He and his colleagues catch their first load of drugs.
(d) He and his colleagues get a flat tire in the desert.

6. What does one of the Border Patrol agents bring to the young immigrant sisters on page 51, hoping it will make them feel better?
(a) Bread.
(b) Soda.
(c) A cake.
(d) Skittles.

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

8. Where are migrants who survive the crossing of the desert often shepherded by smugglers inside the U.S.?
(a) To "drop houses."
(b) To family members waiting to welcome them.
(c) To prisons.
(d) To vampire towns.

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

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

11. What does Cole do with the hand sanitizer he asks the Border Patrol agents for on page 32?
(a) Lights a cactus on fire.
(b) Throws it in someone's eyes.
(c) Empties it into the sand.
(d) Taunts a migrant with it.

12. Which of the following exercise is included in Cantu's Border Patrol training?
(a) Completing a full triathlon.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Squash.
(d) Stationary biking.

13. What do the Border Patrol agents who have processed dead bodies tell Cantu is the worst thing about the work?
(a) The sight.
(b) The sound.
(c) The heat.
(d) The smell.

14. Why does Cantu's mother tell him he can work anywhere he would like?
(a) He is the smartest person she knows.
(b) She knows many people who can get him a job in finance in New York.
(c) He speaks five languages and anyone would be happy to employ him.
(d) He graduated with honors and has a 4-year degree.

15. Which of the following is one reason Cantu's mother tells him she embarked on the career she chose?
(a) She wanted to help foster stronger ties with the U.S.'s allies abroad.
(b) She wanted to guard the landscape against ruin.
(c) She wanted to make sure everyone had equal access to higher education.
(d) She wanted to make sure consumers were protected.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On page 76, what does Cantu's mother tell him she is worried about apart from his safety on his job?

4. On page 83, what does the dentist ask Cantu if he was aware of as a problem with his teeth?

5. What does Cantu's supervisor tell him he might find at first in his new job in intelligence?

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