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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. How many children does Jose have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

2. 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.

3. Who does Cantu call in Border Patrol to try to see if he can help Jose?
(a) Morales.
(b) Beto.
(c) Smith.
(d) Hayward.

4. What does Beto tell Cantu about his aspirations for a career when he was a child?
(a) In El Paso, the only people doing well were working for the cartels or working to take them down.
(b) He had wanted to be an engineer.
(c) He had wanted to be a teacher.
(d) In El Paso, the only good work had been in manufacturing.

5. What does the U.S. Marshal give to Diego, Jose's youngest son, outside the courtroom?
(a) The phone number of a good immigration lawyer.
(b) Some money.
(c) His own pin that says "United States Marshal."
(d) A lollipop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had just happened in Cantu's family right before he and his mother traveled to Mexico for the first time?

2. Who is Jose's wife?

3. What is Cantu's grandfather's name?

4. On page 133, what cosmic event does Cantu imagine his relatives having witnessed?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Cantu get to know Jose, and how does their friendship grow?

3. What does Beto tell Cantu he thinks is a harbinger of death in his family on page 120?

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

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

6. What does Cantu do to try to help Jose when he has trouble with U.S. immigration after leaving the U.S. to visit his dying mother in Mexico?

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

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

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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