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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. Where does Cantu go hiking on page 148?
(a) The Guadalupe Mountains.
(b) The Franklin Mountains.
(c) The Rocky Mountains.
(d) The Smoky Mountains.

2. Who is Jose's court-appointed attorney?
(a) Scott.
(b) Atticus.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Walter.

3. What does the sicario describe as his experience in going to a prayer service at a Christian church?
(a) He felt angry.
(b) He felt resentful.
(c) He started to cry with emotion.
(d) He felt like he wanted to become a priest.

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

5. Which of the following is one of the most common types of metaphors used by journalists writing about migrant deaths?
(a) Sports metaphors.
(b) Artistic metaphors.
(c) Literary metaphors.
(d) Economic metaphors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jose's court-appointed attorney say about Cantu's former colleague Morales on page 187?

2. What does Cantu's old contact in Border Patrol tell him about Jose's family being able to speak with him at the courthouse on page 179?

3. Why does one of Jose's sons have trouble recognizing him in the courtroom?

4. What is Cantu's birth name?

5. What does Cantu do for the undocumented migrant he processes through the system on page 154?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. On page 135, what does Cantu say became the hallmark of Ciudad Juarez sometime around the mid-1990s?

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

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