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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the young boys tell Cantu that the man in their party who died did that might explain his death?
(a) He did not drink any water during the entire journey.
(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 had left his heart pills at home.

2. Why does Cantu excuse himself from Morales's hospital room and not return?
(a) Being in the hospital brings back bad memories of his father's death.
(b) He feels he should be at the office doing work.
(c) He is squeamish around medical equipment.
(d) He is crying and does not want Morales's friends and family to see him upset.

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

4. Who climbed to a peak south of the international boundary line in 1706 and realized California was connected to Mexico?
(a) Christopher Columbus.
(b) Oscar Romero.
(c) Father Eusebio Kino.
(d) Guadalupe Hidalgo.

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

6. 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) The Yucatan.
(c) Morelos.
(d) Jurez.

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

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

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

10. What kind of dangerous animal does Cole tell Cantu and his colleagues to look out for on page 32?
(a) A rattlesnake.
(b) A mongoose.
(c) A bear.
(d) A mountain lion.

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

12. What do the people who occasionally break into Adam's house always do, according to what he tells Cantu?
(a) Steal everything, including pots and pans.
(b) Leave the water running.
(c) Break windows.
(d) Change the locks.

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

14. What do Morales and Cantu see in the desert night sky while working that awes them both?
(a) A Bald Eagle.
(b) A huge airplane.
(c) A shooting star.
(d) A satellite.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old were the young immigrant sisters Mortenson asks Cantu to translate for on page 51?

2. 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?

3. What Oaxacan food did the two men Morales and Cantu picked up on page 50 offer to Cantu?

4. Why is Morales in the hospital on page 65?

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

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