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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beto tell Cantu about his aspirations for a career when he was a child?
(a) He had wanted to be a teacher.
(b) In El Paso, the only people doing well were working for the cartels or working to take them down.
(c) In El Paso, the only good work had been in manufacturing.
(d) He had wanted to be an engineer.

2. How many children does Jose have?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

3. 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.

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

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

6. Who is Jose's wife?
(a) Lupe.
(b) Gabriella.
(c) Maxine.
(d) Jennifer.

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

8. Which city did Cantu's grandfather come from?
(a) Chihuahua.
(b) Monterrey.
(c) Juarez.
(d) Mexico City.

9. What had just happened in Cantu's family right before he and his mother traveled to Mexico for the first time?
(a) Cantu's mother and father had just separated.
(b) Cantu's grandfather had just died.
(c) Cantu's brother had just been born.
(d) Cantu's sister had just had a bone marrow transplant.

10. Where is Jose originally from?
(a) Oaxaca.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Monterrey.
(d) Juarez.

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

12. Why does Jose have problems getting back into the U.S. from Mexico?
(a) He had lost his green card.
(b) His passport was expired.
(c) He was carrying drugs into the country.
(d) He is an undocumented immigrant and was stopped at the border and detained.

13. What axiom about suffering does Cantu note on page 105?
(a) Mexico is bound to suffer an exodus of its own people.
(b) Mexico is bound to suffer with a giant over its northern border.
(c) Mexico is bound to suffer through hundred-year cycles of uprising.
(d) Mexico is bound to suffer from the drug trade.

14. Who does Cantu call in Border Patrol to try to see if he can help Jose?
(a) Hayward.
(b) Morales.
(c) Smith.
(d) Beto.

15. What words are painted on rocks Cantu can see on the Juarez Mountains on page 130?
(a) Si Se Puede.
(b) La Verdad es Belleza.
(c) Vive Libre o Muere.
(d) La Biblia Es La Verdad, Leela.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jung say it means if one dreams of a savage animal?

2. On page 106, what does researcher Molly Molloy believe about the reporting on the statistics of homicides in Mexico since 2007?

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

4. On page 141, what does Cantu tell Beto he is thinking of doing after leaving Border Patrol?

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

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