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

2. What does Jose's private immigration attorney tell Cantu and Diane about Jose's case?
(a) It will be easy to convince the judge Jose should stay.
(b) The case will require family members to come to the U.S. from Mexico to testify in Jose's favor.
(c) It will be hard but not impossible.
(d) It will be a very expensive process.

3. Who are Cantu's new colleagues in El Paso?
(a) Luis and Beto.
(b) Manuel and Roberto.
(c) Beto and Manuel.
(d) Beto and Roberto.

4. On page 145, what does Hayward tell Cantu that shakes him?
(a) Cantu is being fired.
(b) An agent at Cantu's old station had shot and killed a migrant.
(c) Cantu is being promoted.
(d) Cantu is being sent to Mexico for work.

5. 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 shot and killed a young man once in the line of duty.
(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 had taken time off because of PTSD.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cantu's birth name?

2. How much does Jose's private immigration attorney charge for her services?

3. Which of the following cities suffered damage during the Mexican Revolution?

4. 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?

5. What does one woman being sentenced in immigration court tell the judge that prompts him to say someone will see her at the detention facility?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does POW stand for at Border Patrol?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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