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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 is the term for a hit man who works for cartels?
2. 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?
3. Who was elected president of Mexico in 2006?
4. Who is the woman who owns the mercado where Jose works?
5. On page 141, what does Cantu tell Beto he is thinking of doing after leaving Border Patrol?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Hayward tell Cantu's new colleagues in Tucson, Beto and Manuel, about Cantu's skills?
2. What does the U.S. Marshal from the courtroom give to one of Jose's sons that surprises Jose's defense attorney?
3. What are the three categories of metaphors that sociologist Jane Zavisca identified in media coverage of migrant deaths?
4. What did Mexican president Felipe Calderon base his campaign on?
5. How does Jose and his family come to be connected with his private defense attorney, Elizabeth Green?
6. 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?
7. What does the woman whose feet Cantu bandages tell him about himself pn page 154?
8. What does Cantu write that Carl Jung said the meaning of a savage animal in a dream was?
9. Why does Cantu tell Hayward he will likely stop working for Border Patrol on page 157?
10. On page 135, what does Cantu say became the hallmark of Ciudad Juarez sometime around the mid-1990s?
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
Cantu describes the struggles of the migrants crossing the border in inhospitable conditions, the inhumane treatment of migrants at the hands of some Border Patrol agents, and the landscape itself in vivid language and specific imagery. Write an essay analyzing the linguistic style and tone Cantu adopts towards his subject matter, discussing how his choices affect the reader's understanding of his story.
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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