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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) Ernie Pyle.
(b) Steve Coll.
(c) David Halberstam.
(d) David Wood.

2. What is the word for mass graves where the drug cartels left the bodies of those they murdered?
(a) Quintofosas.
(b) Mortefonas.
(c) Narcofosas.
(d) Eladantas.

3. What kind of job does Cantu work in on page 167?
(a) He works in a clothing shop.
(b) He works as an apprentice accountant.
(c) He works in a coffee shop.
(d) He cooks in a food truck.

4. Why does one of Jose's sons have trouble recognizing him in the courtroom?
(a) Jose's hair is grey, and he has always shaved his head previously, so his sons do not recognize him.
(b) Jose has gained a lot of weight.
(c) Jose has lost a lot of weight.
(d) Jose has bruises under each eye.

5. Why does Cantu's relative say his house is littered with boxes on page 125?
(a) The relative is storing boxes for a friend.
(b) The relative is renting temporarily until the relative can build a house soon.
(c) The relative is leaving the country soon and does not want to go through the trouble of unpacking.
(d) The relative does not have enough room to unpack all the things.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman who owns the mercado where Jose works?

2. How many children does Jose have?

3. Who is Jose's private immigration attorney?

4. Which Italian filmmaker participated in the interviews with the former hit man for the drug cartels in 2008?

5. What do Cantu and Beto help Manuel do on page 139?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

5. What does POW stand for at Border Patrol?

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

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

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

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

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

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