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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. Who is Jose's wife?
(a) Lupe.
(b) Gabriella.
(c) Maxine.
(d) Jennifer.

2. Which organization began an investigation into the large-scale killings of women in Juarez in 2004?
(a) Amnesty International.
(b) Heifer.
(c) Doctors Without Borders.
(d) Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team.

3. 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 taken time off because of PTSD.
(b) Hayward had been offered the opportunity to write a book about his experiences working for Border Patrol.
(c) Hayward had never wanted to take his job in Border Patrol, but his father had persuaded him to do it.
(d) Hayward shot and killed a young man once in the line of duty.

4. On page 159, what does Cantu dream that he does in the desert?
(a) Saves a group of migrants.
(b) Shoots and kills a man and a boy.
(c) Feeds a wolf.
(d) Sees a shooting star.

5. On page 117, what does Cantu dream about that is disturbing?
(a) His mother's death.
(b) Finding bodies in the desert.
(c) His teeth rotting out.
(d) A cave littered with body parts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hayward ask Cantu if he would like to move to from the Tucson office for his next post with Border Patrol?

2. What does the sicario describe as his experience in going to a prayer service at a Christian church?

3. On page 155, what does the sicario tell his interviewers about his dreams?

4. What does the U.S. Marshal give to Diego, Jose's youngest son, outside the courtroom?

5. On page 104, which city does Frances's daughter tell Cantu they can see?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jose and his family come to be connected with his private defense attorney, Elizabeth Green?

2. 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?

3. Cantu's mother was surprised when she finally met her long-estranged father. Why?

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

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

6. What Greek story does Cantu mention and compare to some of the tragedies he sees playing out in the desert through his job?

7. Why is Lupe, Jose's wife, not able to visit the detention center where he is being held awaiting a final decision on his case?

8. What does Hayward tell Cantu's new colleagues in Tucson, Beto and Manuel, about Cantu's skills?

9. How does Cantu's uncle in Santa Fe feel about the work he has done his whole life?

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

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