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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Jose's private immigration attorney charge for her services?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $8,000.
(d) $4,000.

2. On page 117, what does Cantu dream about that is disturbing?
(a) Finding bodies in the desert.
(b) His teeth rotting out.
(c) A cave littered with body parts.
(d) His mother's death.

3. Who does Cantu stay behind in New Mexico to visit on page 125?
(a) His father.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His brother.
(d) His sister.

4. What is the word for mass graves where the drug cartels left the bodies of those they murdered?
(a) Narcofosas.
(b) Eladantas.
(c) Quintofosas.
(d) Mortefonas.

5. Which Italian filmmaker participated in the interviews with the former hit man for the drug cartels in 2008?
(a) Matteo Baggheti.
(b) Frances Ford Coppola.
(c) Gianfranco Rosi.
(d) Franco Zefferelli.

6. What does Cantu do for the undocumented migrant he processes through the system on page 154?
(a) He gives her some clothes from his mother.
(b) He gives her cold water.
(c) He bandages her blistered feet for her.
(d) He cooks a meal for her.

7. On page 159, what does Cantu dream that he does in the desert?
(a) Shoots and kills a man and a boy.
(b) Saves a group of migrants.
(c) Feeds a wolf.
(d) Sees a shooting star.

8. What does one woman being sentenced in immigration court tell the judge that prompts him to say someone will see her at the detention facility?
(a) She has cancer.
(b) She has lost her diabetes medication.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She has a heart condition.

9. What is one of Jose's jobs?
(a) He is a security guard at a mall.
(b) He is a sanitation worker for the city.
(c) He is an accountant for local businesses.
(d) He maintains the mercado grounds where Cantu also works.

10. Who was elected president of Mexico in 2006?
(a) Felipe Calderon.
(b) Vicente Fox.
(c) Beto O'Rourke.
(d) Oscar Romero.

11. On page 133, what cosmic event does Cantu imagine his relatives having witnessed?
(a) The impact of a huge meteor.
(b) A lunar eclipse.
(c) The passage of Halley's Comet.
(d) A solar eclipse.

12. What is the term for a hit man who works for cartels?
(a) El Hefe.
(b) Morte.
(c) Morone.
(d) Sicario.

13. What is Cantu's birth name?
(a) Jonathan Cantu.
(b) Joshua Tyler Cantu-Simmons.
(c) Roberto Cantu.
(d) Frances Cantu-Simmons.

14. Which organization began an investigation into the large-scale killings of women in Juarez in 2004?
(a) Heifer.
(b) Doctors Without Borders.
(c) Amnesty International.
(d) Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team.

15. What does Cantu's old contact in Border Patrol tell him about Jose's family being able to speak with him at the courthouse on page 179?
(a) They can speak with him in a private room for a few minutes.
(b) They will not be able to speak with Jose, but they might be able to catch his eye if they sit on the right side of the room.
(c) They will have to go back to Mexico with him if they want to speak with him.
(d) They should be able to place a phone call to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had just happened in Cantu's family right before he and his mother traveled to Mexico for the first time?

2. In 2008, which of the following writers conducted interviews with a former cartel hit man?

3. Which war reporter does Cantu mention on page 150 as having examined the idea of "moral injury?

4. What does Beto tell Cantu about his aspirations for a career when he was a child?

5. For about how long does Cantu see Jose every day as they work in close proximity?

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