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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the man and his wife that Cantu picks up on the reservation on page 39 come to the U.S. from?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Jurez.
(c) The Yucatan.
(d) Morelos.

2. What delicacy did Morales want to eat that the two men he and Cantu picked up on page 50 had?
(a) Chilaquiles.
(b) Flan.
(c) Jerky.
(d) Papusas.

3. 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) Soda.
(b) A cake.
(c) Bread.
(d) Skittles.

4. 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) Migrants who have been bitten by poisonous snakes.
(c) Dead migrants who have not made it out of the desert alive.
(d) Migrant children looking for their parents in the desert.

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

6. Who did Cantu's mother name him after?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Saint Francis of Assisi.
(c) The city of San Francisco.
(d) An old family friend.

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

8. What does Cantu learn decapitation can be a symbol for?
(a) Power and dominance.
(b) Economic inequality.
(c) Submission.
(d) Racial violence.

9. Why does Cantu tell his mother he wants to work in Border Patrol on page 23?
(a) He wants his wife and children to be proud of him.
(b) Border Patrol will pay for him to earn a master's degree while he works there.
(c) He has read about the border in books and now he wants to see what it is like for himself.
(d) The job pays very well.

10. Who is also in the car with Adam and his wife when they flag Cantu down on the road?
(a) Adam's father.
(b) Adam's young son.
(c) Adam's three children.
(d) Adam's dog.

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

12. According to Cantu, why do so many bodies in the morgue in Juarez remain unclaimed?
(a) Families do not know their loved ones have died.
(b) Families have already moved out of the country, so they are not there to claim their loved ones' bodies.
(c) Families are too poor to pay the fees to collect the bodies.
(d) Families fear retribution if they claim their loved ones' bodies.

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

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

15. Why does Adam flag down Cantu as Cantu drives through the reservation on page 67?
(a) Adam found drugs in the desert and does not know what to do with them.
(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 a gun in the desert and does not know what to do with it.
(d) Adam's wife was in labor and they needed an ambulance fast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Morales and Cantu see in the desert night sky while working that awes them both?

2. What are Border Patrol agents instructed to do with water, food, and other belongings they find that migrants have left in the desert?

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

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

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

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