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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to Cantu only two days after arriving to his post as a Border Patrol agent?
2. What kind of dangerous animal does Cole tell Cantu and his colleagues to look out for on page 32?
3. What is Cantu's colleague Cole's nickname?
4. What Oaxacan food did the two men Morales and Cantu picked up on page 50 offer to Cantu?
5. What do the people who occasionally break into Adam's house always do, according to what he tells Cantu?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does one of the older man from Michoacan ask Cantu if there is any work for him to do at the Border Patrol station as he awaits deportation processing?
2. What do Cantu and his mother always do as a tradition on Christmas Eve together?
3. What do Morales and Cantu see in the night sky that leaves an impression on them during one of their patrols together?
4. Why did Hart's roommate, Dominguez, quit the Border Patrol training?
5. How did the two young sisters who were brought in to the Border Patrol station alone react to their processing and questioning?
6. What is one main reason why Cantu's mother does not want him to become a Border Patrol agent?
7. What do some of the other Border Patrol agents suggest might help combat the smell of dead bodies when going out to recover them in the desert?
8. What fears do Adam and his wife, living in a border town, have about the men who come to the house demanding things?
9. What does Cantu discover that some coyotes, or smugglers who are paid to help immigrants cross the border illegally, give to immigrants to "help" on their journey?
10. How does Cantu's own experiences in Ciudad Juarez compare to what he has heard about the city?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How would you describe Cantu's feelings about his Mexican heritage? Do his feelings about his own background change during the course of the book? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
What does Cantu's discussion about the rampant femicide in Mexico reveal about the culture in that country, and how does it help to explain some of the reasons for the increase in immigrants trying to cross the Mexican/U.S. border illegally? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How does Cantu's uncle's guilt about the work he did marring the natural landscape relate to Cantu's own feelings about the work he has done as a Border Patrol officer? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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