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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the sicario describe as his experience in going to a prayer service at a Christian church?
(a) He started to cry with emotion.
(b) He felt angry.
(c) He felt resentful.
(d) He felt like he wanted to become a priest.

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

3. Which poet re-imagined the Greek tragedy Antigone set in modern Mexico?
(a) Gabriella Marquez.
(b) Sara Uribe.
(c) Sandra Cisneros.
(d) Molly Morocco.

4. Who did the Mexican military capture in 2014 that Jose and Cantu talk about on page 171?
(a) Vicente Fox.
(b) Francisco Calderon.
(c) Oscar Romero.
(d) El Chapo Guzman.

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

6. 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) The case will require family members to come to the U.S. from Mexico to testify in Jose's favor.
(c) It will be a very expensive process.
(d) It will be hard but not impossible.

7. What kind of job does Cantu work in on page 167?
(a) He works as an apprentice accountant.
(b) He works in a coffee shop.
(c) He works in a clothing shop.
(d) He cooks in a food truck.

8. Where does Hayward ask Cantu if he would like to move to from the Tucson office for his next post with Border Patrol?
(a) Boston.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) El Paso.

9. What does Cantu do for Beto when Beto goes away for several days on page 148?
(a) Take care of Beto's dog.
(b) Look after Beto's elderly mother.
(c) Water Beto's plants.
(d) Do Beto's paperwork.

10. In 2008, which of the following writers conducted interviews with a former cartel hit man?
(a) Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
(b) Charles Bowden.
(c) Christopher Hitchens.
(d) Martin Bradley.

11. Who accompanies Jose's wife and children to the courtroom along with Cantu?
(a) Their pastor.
(b) Jose's father.
(c) The sicario.
(d) Jose's friend who is a policeman.

12. Who is the woman who owns the mercado where Jose works?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Diane.
(c) Denise.
(d) Holly.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cantu stay behind in New Mexico to visit on page 125?

2. What is one of Jose's jobs?

3. On page 159, what does Cantu dream that he does in the desert?

4. Which organization began an investigation into the large-scale killings of women in Juarez in 2004?

5. What does Jose share with Cantu every morning?

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