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

2. What does Cantu's mother tell him is her impression of the Border Patrol agency?
(a) It will probably be shut down soon.
(b) It is a system with little regard for people.
(c) He can not trust the people who work there.
(d) It is the best place he can work at the moment.

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

4. Why do Border Patrol agents destroy migrants' belongings they find in the desert?
(a) To discourage the migrants from continuing their journey.
(b) To make sure they continue to think of migrants as less than human.
(c) Because they resent the migrants so much.
(d) To clean up the desert, per their orders.

5. How long does Cantu spend in training in his Border Patrol unit on page 35?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Cantu's mother work for almost her entire career?

2. Why does Cantu's mother tell him she insisted on keeping her maiden name after she married his father?

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

4. What delicacy did Morales want to eat that the two men he and Cantu picked up on page 50 had?

5. Who climbed to a peak south of the international boundary line in 1706 and realized California was connected to Mexico?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. 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?

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

5. Why do some of the agents at the Border Patrol station call Cole "Black Death"?

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

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

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

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

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

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