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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Cantu arrest one of the men in the car he stops on page 70?
(a) He has a gun he is not authorized to have.
(b) He is smoking marijuana.
(c) There is an outstanding warrant for his arrest.
(d) He tries to run away.

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

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

7. 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) Eat meat on the journey.
(b) Cross in the summer.
(c) Try to navigate by the stars.
(d) Take water with them.

8. What is Adam's reaction when Cantu asks him why his village is called a "vampire" village?
(a) He says it is because everyone stays up all night, and sleeps all day.
(b) He says it is because there were many stories about vampires that originated in the village.
(c) He laughs and says he does not know why it is called that.
(d) He says it is because the town is overrun with vampire bats.

9. What does the woman from Guadalajara tell Cantu and Mortenson she aspires to on page 37?
(a) To save her grandmother.
(b) To find a better home for her children.
(c) To be a singer.
(d) To be a citizen.

10. Who was Hart's roommate who dropped out of Border Patrol training?
(a) Morales.
(b) Wesson.
(c) Dominguez.
(d) Smith.

11. What animal featured in a story Cantu recalls his mother reading to him as a child on page 81?
(a) A bird.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A lion.
(d) A bear.

12. Which other colleagues of Cantu's also visited Morales in the hospital while Cantu was there?
(a) Beto and Manuel.
(b) Smith and Wesson.
(c) Cole and Hart.
(d) Dominguez and Monterey.

13. What does Cantu's supervisor tell him he might find at first in his new job in intelligence?
(a) His eyes may seem tired from looking at screens all day.
(b) His ears might ring from wearing headphones all day.
(c) It may seem boring compared to field work.
(d) The shift work may be difficult to adjust to.

14. What tradition do Cantu and his mother perform every Christmas Eve?
(a) They pass out candy to the neighborhood children.
(b) They trim the tree.
(c) They volunteer at a local soup kitchen.
(d) They each open one present from the other.

15. 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) Papusas.
(d) Jerky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cantu's mother tell him is her impression of the Border Patrol agency?

2. On page 70, what does Cantu see on his way home from working the swing shift that unsettles him?

3. Where does Cantu find two tired immigrants camped out on the reservation on page 38?

4. According to Cantu, why do so many bodies in the morgue in Juarez remain unclaimed?

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

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