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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which treaty modified the border delineation between Mexico and the U.S. in 1853?
(a) The Treaty of El Paso.
(b) The Treaty of Yucatan.
(c) The Treaty of La Mesilla.
(d) The Treaty of Versailles.

2. What animal features in one of Cantu's unsettling dreams on page 14?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A lion.
(c) A whale.
(d) A worm.

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

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

5. Why do the tribal police often decline to come to pick up abandoned vehicles when Border Patrol calls them?
(a) They are too busy with more important work.
(b) They are afraid people will still be in the vehicle.
(c) They do not want the paperwork either.
(d) They think abandoned vehicles harbor harmful spirits.

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

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

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

9. On page 77, why is Cantu so frustrated that he loses the trail of the 20 or so immigrants he is tracking in the desert?
(a) He is worried that the group may be carrying dangerous weapons to sell.
(b) He had wanted to make more arrests that day to reach his quota.
(c) He is concerned that drug cartel members might also be after the group.
(d) He is worried about their safety and had heard the group may include women and children.

10. 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.

11. Where does Cantu's supervisor say he hopes to be transferred to eventually?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York City.
(c) Northern Virginia or Washington, D.C.
(d) Chicago.

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 clean up the desert, per their orders.
(c) Because they resent the migrants so much.
(d) To make sure they continue to think of migrants as less than human.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who climbed to a peak south of the international boundary line in 1706 and realized California was connected to Mexico?

2. What do the Border Patrol agents who have processed dead bodies tell Cantu is the worst thing about the work?

3. What does Cole do with the hand sanitizer he asks the Border Patrol agents for on page 32?

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

5. What kind of case is more paperwork that involves drugs found at the border?

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