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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 does Cantu's supervisor tell him he might find at first in his new job in intelligence?
(a) His eyes may seem tired from looking at screens all day.
(b) His ears might ring from wearing headphones all day.
(c) It may seem boring compared to field work.
(d) The shift work may be difficult to adjust to.

2. How do other agents refer to the village Adam and his wife live in?
(a) The meerkat.
(b) The vampire village.
(c) The borderline.
(d) The dead zone.

3. Where does Cantu find two tired immigrants camped out on the reservation on page 38?
(a) Inside a church.
(b) In a police station.
(c) In an abandoned school house.
(d) In a soup kitchen.

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

5. What does the woman from Guadalajara tell Cantu and Mortenson she aspires to on page 37?
(a) To save her grandmother.
(b) To be a singer.
(c) To find a better home for her children.
(d) To be a citizen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cantu's colleague Cole's nickname?

2. Which of the following exercise is included in Cantu's Border Patrol training?

3. What does Adam's wife tell Cantu is different about the men who recently came to the door?

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

5. Who stayed with the body in the desert while the other agents brought the surviving migrants back to the Border Patrol station to be processed on page 57?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Cantu's own experiences in Ciudad Juarez compare to what he has heard about the city?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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