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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. Why does Jose have problems getting back into the U.S. from Mexico?
2. Where is Jose originally from?
3. Why does one of Jose's sons have trouble recognizing him in the courtroom?
4. Who is Jose's wife?
5. Where does Cantu go hiking on page 148?
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 POW stand for at Border Patrol?
3. What does Beto tell Cantu about his background and his aspirations for his career with Border Patrol?
4. On page 135, what does Cantu say became the hallmark of Ciudad Juarez sometime around the mid-1990s?
5. 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?
6. What does Cantu write that Carl Jung said the meaning of a savage animal in a dream was?
7. 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?
8. What was Cantu's original birth name, and why did Cantu's mother change his name?
9. How does Cantu's uncle in Santa Fe feel about the work he has done his whole life?
10. What does Cantu tell Jose when Jose asks him if he ever found drugs at the border during his work for Border Patrol?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At different points in the book, Cantu listens to and trades insults and stories in graphic language with his colleagues at Border Patrol, who are all men. Write an essay analyzing what the sometimes crude and sexual language they use reveals about the work culture in the Border Patrol sector.
Essay Topic 2
Cantu discusses the creation of the modern boundary between the U.S. and Mexico, as set out in the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, beginning on page 41. Write an essay discussing the process of marking the border itself, as described by Cantu, and which factors were most influential in determining the final boundary that was erected.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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