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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. Why do some people on the reservation sleep in the middle of the road?
(a) They are confused and think it is a sandy beach.
(b) When they are intoxicated, they want to sleep somewhere warm, and the asphalt retains the day's heat.
(c) They think it means they will be taken into custody and given a warm bed.
(d) They want to stop the cars from passing.

2. On page 99, why is Cantu's mother so upset on the phone?
(a) Her friend had told her she had seen Cantu in the street earlier and he looked very ill.
(b) She wanted to ask how his doctor's appointment had turned out.
(c) She had a dream that he had been hurt and she was checking on him.
(d) She had heard a Border Patrol agent was killed and she worried it might be him.

3. Who was Hart's roommate who dropped out of Border Patrol training?
(a) Smith.
(b) Morales.
(c) Dominguez.
(d) Wesson.

4. What does the elderly man from Michoacan ask Cantu if he can do while he wants to be deported on page 31?
(a) Call his wife to tell her he is safe.
(b) Any kind of work in the border patrol station.
(c) Eat a dinner he brought in his backpack.
(d) Play cards with Cantu.

5. On page 76, what does Cantu's mother tell him she is worried about apart from his safety on his job?
(a) She is worried that he will never go back to school for his master's degree.
(b) She is worried that he will never have a change to become a manager.
(c) She is worried about Cantu's mental health and happiness, too.
(d) She is worried that the job does not pay well enough to support Cantu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Oaxacan food did the two men Morales and Cantu picked up on page 50 offer to Cantu?

2. Why does Cantu arrest one of the men in the car he stops on page 70?

3. Why does Cantu's mother tell him he can work anywhere he would like?

4. On page 83, what does the dentist ask Cantu if he was aware of as a problem with his teeth?

5. What tradition do Cantu and his mother perform every Christmas Eve?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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