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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 145, what does Hayward tell Cantu that shakes him?
(a) Cantu is being sent to Mexico for work.
(b) An agent at Cantu's old station had shot and killed a migrant.
(c) Cantu is being promoted.
(d) Cantu is being fired.

2. Where does Cantu's mother take him when they travel to Mexico together for the first time?
(a) Tijuana.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Juarez.
(d) Casas Grandes in Chihuahua.

3. On page 101, which elderly relative of Cantu's dies?
(a) His great-Uncle Roberto.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His great-grandmother.
(d) His great-Aunt Frances.

4. According to Cantu, what is one common way reporting in the media dehumanizes migrants?
(a) By representing them as one large, undifferentiated mass of people.
(b) By never showing individual photographs of migrants.
(c) By referring to migrants as "illegal."
(d) By showing photos of drugs every time there is a news story about migrants.

5. What does the U.S. Marshal give to Diego, Jose's youngest son, outside the courtroom?
(a) Some money.
(b) His own pin that says "United States Marshal."
(c) The phone number of a good immigration lawyer.
(d) A lollipop.

6. Who is Jose's court-appointed attorney?
(a) Atticus.
(b) Walter.
(c) Scott.
(d) Samuel.

7. What do Cantu and Beto help Manuel do on page 139?
(a) Move houses.
(b) Apply for citizenship.
(c) Build a shed.
(d) Study for an important exam.

8. Which of the following is one of the most common types of metaphors used by journalists writing about migrant deaths?
(a) Literary metaphors.
(b) Economic metaphors.
(c) Artistic metaphors.
(d) Sports metaphors.

9. What does Jose's private immigration attorney tell Cantu and Diane about Jose's case?
(a) It will be easy to convince the judge Jose should stay.
(b) It will be hard but not impossible.
(c) It will be a very expensive process.
(d) The case will require family members to come to the U.S. from Mexico to testify in Jose's favor.

10. What is Cantu's grandfather's name?
(a) Manuel Cantu.
(b) Beto Guadalupe Cantu.
(c) Hector Luis Cantu.
(d) Roberto Richard Cantu.

11. According to writer Rivera Garza, what does fear do?
(a) Isolate.
(b) Terrify.
(c) Galvanize.
(d) Enrage.

12. On page 104, which city does Frances's daughter tell Cantu they can see?
(a) El Paso.
(b) Juarez.
(c) Cancun.
(d) Tijuana.

13. Where does Cantu go hiking on page 148?
(a) The Franklin Mountains.
(b) The Guadalupe Mountains.
(c) The Rocky Mountains.
(d) The Smoky Mountains.

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

15. What is the term for the genetic deficiency that predisposes certain people to acts of hostility?
(a) MAOA.
(b) MOMA.
(c) AOMA.
(d) LOAM.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city did Cantu's grandfather come from?

2. Which Italian filmmaker participated in the interviews with the former hit man for the drug cartels in 2008?

3. What does Jose share with Cantu every morning?

4. What does the sicario say his dreams made him realize about his work and private lives?

5. What is the word for mass graves where the drug cartels left the bodies of those they murdered?

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