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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Cantu only two days after arriving to his post as a Border Patrol agent?
(a) He and his colleagues catch their first load of drugs.
(b) He and his colleagues find a dad body in the dessert.
(c) He and his colleagues get a flat tire in the desert.
(d) He and his colleagues are reprimanded for not adhering to the agency's rules.

2. Why do the tribal police often decline to come to pick up abandoned vehicles when Border Patrol calls them?
(a) They are afraid people will still be in the vehicle.
(b) They think abandoned vehicles harbor harmful spirits.
(c) They are too busy with more important work.
(d) They do not want the paperwork either.

3. Who did Cantu's mother name him after?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) An old family friend.
(c) The city of San Francisco.
(d) Saint Francis of Assisi.

4. Where are migrants who survive the crossing of the desert often shepherded by smugglers inside the U.S.?
(a) To "drop houses."
(b) To family members waiting to welcome them.
(c) To vampire towns.
(d) To prisons.

5. What does Cantu tell the young boys who lost one of their party in the desert NOT to do if they decide to try to cross the border again?
(a) Cross in the summer.
(b) Eat meat on the journey.
(c) Try to navigate by the stars.
(d) Take water with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Morales in the hospital on page 65?

2. What are Border Patrol agents instructed to do with water, food, and other belongings they find that migrants have left in the desert?

3. What often happens, according to Cantu, when the U.S. enacts a border crackdown?

4. When Cantu stops a suspicious car on page 70, what false name does one of the men give to Cantu?

5. What does Cantu's first supervisor tell him he should try to do with the customs agents?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the two young sisters who were brought in to the Border Patrol station alone react to their processing and questioning?

2. What fears do Adam and his wife, living in a border town, have about the men who come to the house demanding things?

3. What is one main reason why Cantu's mother does not want him to become a Border Patrol agent?

4. What does Cantu feel when he goes to visit Morales in the hospital following his motorcycle accident?

5. What is Cantu's impression of the people and atmosphere in Cuidad Juarez when the book opens?

6. What does Cantu discover that some coyotes, or smugglers who are paid to help immigrants cross the border illegally, give to immigrants to "help" on their journey?

7. Why is Cantu so nervous when he comes home from work late one night to see a man lurking in the dark on his street?

8. How does Mortenson treat Cantu when they first meet on the job?

9. What does the dentist who works on Cantu's mouth surmise about his problem grinding his teeth?

10. What does Adam say when Cantu asks him why his town is called the vampire town?

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