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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the young boys tell Cantu that the man in their party who died did that might explain his death?
(a) He had left his heart pills at home.
(b) He did not take his insulin during the entire journey.
(c) He took a pill the coyote gave him - likely an amphetamine.
(d) He did not drink any water during the entire journey.

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

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

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

6. 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) When they are intoxicated, they want to sleep somewhere warm, and the asphalt retains the day's heat.
(c) They think it means they will be taken into custody and given a warm bed.
(d) They want to stop the cars from passing.

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) Any kind of work in the border patrol station.
(d) Eat a dinner he brought in his backpack.

8. What kind of case is more paperwork that involves drugs found at the border?
(a) A smuggling case involving heroin.
(b) A smuggling case with live suspects.
(c) A smuggling case with more than 10 ounces of drugs.
(d) A smuggling case involving cocaine.

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

10. What is Cantu's colleague Cole's nickname?
(a) Renegade.
(b) Black Death.
(c) Reaper.
(d) Renaissance.

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

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

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

14. How do other agents refer to the village Adam and his wife live in?
(a) The meerkat.
(b) The vampire village.
(c) The borderline.
(d) The dead zone.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. Why does Cantu excuse himself from Morales's hospital room and not return?

3. Which treaty modified the border delineation between Mexico and the U.S. in 1853?

4. What delicacy did Morales want to eat that the two men he and Cantu picked up on page 50 had?

5. Which classmate of Cantu's did he most want to see graduate from Border Patrol training with him?

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