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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. Which city did Cantu's grandfather come from?
(a) Juarez.
(b) Monterrey.
(c) Mexico City.
(d) Chihuahua.

2. On page 104, which city does Frances's daughter tell Cantu they can see?
(a) Cancun.
(b) Tijuana.
(c) Juarez.
(d) El Paso.

3. Which war reporter does Cantu mention on page 150 as having examined the idea of "moral injury?
(a) Ernie Pyle.
(b) David Wood.
(c) Steve Coll.
(d) David Halberstam.

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

5. Why does Jose go back to Mexico for several weeks on page 176?
(a) His mother is dying and he wants to see her and be with her.
(b) He needs to pick up some important documents he left there.
(c) He wants to interview for a job there.
(d) He has a home there he is selling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cantu call in Border Patrol to try to see if he can help Jose?

2. On page 101, which elderly relative of Cantu's dies?

3. What is Cantu's birth name?

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 is the term for a hit man who works for cartels?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does POW stand for at Border Patrol?

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

3. What does Cantu's supervisor Hayward at Border Patrol suggest as a change in direction for him that will still allow him to stay with the agency on page 111?

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

5. Why does Cantu tell Hayward he will likely stop working for Border Patrol on page 157?

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

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

10. What does Beto tell Cantu about his background and his aspirations for his career with Border Patrol?

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