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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 get a flat tire in the desert.
(c) He and his colleagues are reprimanded for not adhering to the agency's rules.
(d) He and his colleagues find a dad body in the dessert.

2. Which other colleagues of Cantu's also visited Morales in the hospital while Cantu was there?
(a) Smith and Wesson.
(b) Dominguez and Monterey.
(c) Beto and Manuel.
(d) Cole and Hart.

3. On page 83, what does the dentist ask Cantu if he was aware of as a problem with his teeth?
(a) Whether he knew he was grinding his teeth.
(b) Whether he knew he had gingivitis.
(c) Whether he knew he had several teeth missing.
(d) Whether he knew he had five cavities.

4. How does Cantu's mother become injured in Mexico during their trip there in the book's prologue?
(a) She drinks some tainted water and contracts an illness.
(b) She is bitten by a stray dog.
(c) She twists her ankle walking across a busy street.
(d) She is hit by a stray bullet.

5. Which treaty modified the border delineation between Mexico and the U.S. in 1853?
(a) The Treaty of La Mesilla.
(b) The Treaty of Versailles.
(c) The Treaty of Yucatan.
(d) The Treaty of El Paso.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cantu want to tell Adam on the phone but holds himself back from suggesting?

2. What does Cantu's supervisor tell him he might find at first in his new job in intelligence?

3. On page 97, what does Cantu tell Hayward is bothering him about the job?

4. What animal featured in a story Cantu recalls his mother reading to him as a child on page 81?

5. What do the Border Patrol agents who have processed dead bodies tell Cantu is the worst thing about the work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the modern-day boundary between the U.S. and Mexico first defined?

2. What does Cantu's mother tell him about her feelings looking back on her career as a National Parks worker?

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

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

5. 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?

6. Why does one of the older man from Michoacan ask Cantu if there is any work for him to do at the Border Patrol station as he awaits deportation processing?

7. What do some of the other Border Patrol agents suggest might help combat the smell of dead bodies when going out to recover them in the desert?

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

9. Why did Hart's roommate, Dominguez, quit the Border Patrol training?

10. Why do Cantu and other Border Patrol agents destroy any of the belongings and provisions they find in the desert?

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