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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. On page 133, what cosmic event does Cantu imagine his relatives having witnessed?
(a) The passage of Halley's Comet.
(b) The impact of a huge meteor.
(c) A solar eclipse.
(d) A lunar eclipse.

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

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

4. What is Cantu's grandfather's name?
(a) Hector Luis Cantu.
(b) Roberto Richard Cantu.
(c) Beto Guadalupe Cantu.
(d) Manuel Cantu.

5. 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.?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which war reporter does Cantu mention on page 150 as having examined the idea of "moral injury?

2. Who is Jose's wife?

3. What is the term for a hit man who works for cartels?

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

5. Which organization began an investigation into the large-scale killings of women in Juarez in 2004?

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

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

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

5. What was Cantu's original birth name, and why did Cantu's mother change his name?

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

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

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

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

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

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