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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 151 - 200).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following cities suffered damage during the Mexican Revolution?
(a) Juarez.
(b) El Paso.
(c) Oaxaca.
(d) Mexico City.

2. Which city did Cantu's grandfather come from?
(a) Monterrey.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Juarez.
(d) Chihuahua.

3. What does Carl Jung write towards the end of his life that Cantu cites on page 163?
(a) We are again living in an age filled with apocalyptic images of universal destruction.
(b) It is always useful to have someone on a lower run that oneself.
(c) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I took the one less traveled by.
(d) Man has always had the capacity for war.

4. On page 117, what does Cantu dream about that is disturbing?
(a) His teeth rotting out.
(b) His mother's death.
(c) Finding bodies in the desert.
(d) A cave littered with body parts.

5. What animal featured in a story Cantu recalls his mother reading to him as a child on page 81?
(a) A bear.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A bird.
(d) A lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do other agents refer to the village Adam and his wife live in?

2. Which poet re-imagined the Greek tragedy Antigone set in modern Mexico?

3. Why does Jose have problems getting back into the U.S. from Mexico?

4. On page 104, which city does Frances's daughter tell Cantu they can see?

5. What often happens, according to Cantu, when the U.S. enacts a border crackdown?

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