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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did large-scale fighting start in the Mexican Revolution?
(a) May 1911.
(b) September 1914.
(c) August 1920.
(d) February 1909.

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

3. 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) He had wanted to be an engineer.
(c) In El Paso, the only good work had been in manufacturing.
(d) In El Paso, the only people doing well were working for the cartels or working to take them down.

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

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

6. On page 106, what does researcher Molly Molloy believe about the reporting on the statistics of homicides in Mexico since 2007?
(a) It is likely that the Mexican president himself was involved in distorting the reported number of homicides.
(b) It is likely that more homicides have occurred only in Juarez.
(c) It is likely that the number of homicides is exaggerated.
(d) It is likely only a fraction of the number of homicides have been reported.

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

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

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 brother had just been born.
(b) Cantu's grandfather had just died.
(c) Cantu's mother and father had just separated.
(d) Cantu's sister had just had a bone marrow transplant.

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

11. What does Jose share with Cantu every morning?
(a) His coffee.
(b) His newspaper.
(c) His breakfast burrito.
(d) His mezcal.

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

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

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

15. What does Carl Jung write towards the end of his life that Cantu cites on page 163?
(a) Man has always had the capacity for war.
(b) It is always useful to have someone on a lower run that oneself.
(c) We are again living in an age filled with apocalyptic images of universal destruction.
(d) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I took the one less traveled by.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of job does Cantu work in on page 167?

3. Who accompanies Jose's wife and children to the courtroom along with Cantu?

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

5. What does Jose have on his record that will complicate his request to be allowed to stay in the U.S.?

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