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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 do the young boys tell Cantu that the man in their party who died did that might explain his death?
(a) He did not drink any water during the entire journey.
(b) He had left his heart pills at home.
(c) He took a pill the coyote gave him - likely an amphetamine.
(d) He did not take his insulin during the entire journey.

2. On page 97, what does Cantu tell Hayward is bothering him about the job?
(a) He feels bad for all the people crossing that he can not help.
(b) He feels like he is not getting paid enough.
(c) He feels like all the real work is really out in the field.
(d) He feels that his language skills are not up to par.

3. Where did Cantu's mother work for almost her entire career?
(a) The U.S. State Department.
(b) The U.S. National Park Service.
(c) The Wild Rangers Service.
(d) The U.S. Air Force.

4. Where does Cantu's supervisor say he hopes to be transferred to eventually?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Northern Virginia or Washington, D.C.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York City.

5. Why does Cantu arrest one of the men in the car he stops on page 70?
(a) There is an outstanding warrant for his arrest.
(b) He tries to run away.
(c) He is smoking marijuana.
(d) He has a gun he is not authorized to have.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where did the man and his wife that Cantu picks up on the reservation on page 39 come to the U.S. from?

3. Who was Hart's roommate who dropped out of Border Patrol training?

4. What does Cole do with the hand sanitizer he asks the Border Patrol agents for on page 32?

5. Which other colleagues of Cantu's also visited Morales in the hospital while Cantu was there?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. 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?

5. What contradictory symbols and feelings does the wolf in Cantu's dream at the beginning of the book convey?

6. Why does Cantu want to see his classmate Santiago graduate the most out of all his classmates in Border Patrol Training?

7. What do Morales and Cantu see in the night sky that leaves an impression on them during one of their patrols together?

8. What do Cantu and his mother always do as a tradition on Christmas Eve together?

9. Who did Cantu's mother name him after and what was his namesake known for?

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

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