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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 one of Jose's sons have trouble recognizing him in the courtroom?
(a) Jose's hair is grey, and he has always shaved his head previously, so his sons do not recognize him.
(b) Jose has bruises under each eye.
(c) Jose has lost a lot of weight.
(d) Jose has gained a lot of weight.

2. Who was elected president of Mexico in 2006?
(a) Oscar Romero.
(b) Vicente Fox.
(c) Beto O'Rourke.
(d) Felipe Calderon.

3. On page 145, what does Hayward tell Cantu that shakes him?
(a) Cantu is being sent to Mexico for work.
(b) Cantu is being fired.
(c) An agent at Cantu's old station had shot and killed a migrant.
(d) Cantu is being promoted.

4. How much does Jose's private immigration attorney charge for her services?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $8,000.
(d) $4,000.

5. What does Hayward tell Cantu about his own experience in the field that makes Cantu see Hayward in a different light on page 145?
(a) Hayward had never wanted to take his job in Border Patrol, but his father had persuaded him to do it.
(b) Hayward had been offered the opportunity to write a book about his experiences working for Border Patrol.
(c) Hayward shot and killed a young man once in the line of duty.
(d) Hayward had taken time off because of PTSD.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Cantu's new colleagues in El Paso?

2. Who is Jose's wife?

3. According to Cantu, what is one common way reporting in the media dehumanizes migrants?

4. Who was the migrant on page 154 that Cantu takes into the Border Patrol station for processing trying to get to see in the U.S.?

5. What does Cantu do for Beto when Beto goes away for several days on page 148?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the woman whose feet Cantu bandages tell him about himself pn page 154?

2. What did Mexican president Felipe Calderon base his campaign on?

3. What does the U.S. Marshal from the courtroom give to one of Jose's sons that surprises Jose's defense attorney?

4. What are the three categories of metaphors that sociologist Jane Zavisca identified in media coverage of migrant deaths?

5. What does Cantu tell Jose when Jose asks him if he ever found drugs at the border during his work for Border Patrol?

6. Who asks Cantu to help Jose when it becomes clear he is having trouble getting back into the U.S.?

7. What does POW stand for at Border Patrol?

8. What does the sicario tell the interviewers started to happen in his personal life after years of working for the cartel?

9. What does the sicario, or hit man for a cartel, tell Charles Bowden was an important symbolic part of disposing of the bodies of the people he killed?

10. What does Cantu write that Carl Jung said the meaning of a savage animal in a dream was?

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