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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. What does Cantu's old contact in Border Patrol tell him about Jose's family being able to speak with him at the courthouse on page 179?
(a) They can speak with him in a private room for a few minutes.
(b) They will not be able to speak with Jose, but they might be able to catch his eye if they sit on the right side of the room.
(c) They will have to go back to Mexico with him if they want to speak with him.
(d) They should be able to place a phone call to him.

2. According to Cantu, what is one common way reporting in the media dehumanizes migrants?
(a) By showing photos of drugs every time there is a news story about migrants.
(b) By referring to migrants as "illegal."
(c) By representing them as one large, undifferentiated mass of people.
(d) By never showing individual photographs of migrants.

3. Why does Jose go back to Mexico for several weeks on page 176?
(a) He wants to interview for a job there.
(b) He needs to pick up some important documents he left there.
(c) He has a home there he is selling.
(d) His mother is dying and he wants to see her and be with her.

4. What often happens, according to Cantu, when the U.S. enacts a border crackdown?
(a) Undocumented immigrants chose other countries to immigrate to.
(b) Undocumented immigration surges.
(c) Undocumented immigrants stop coming into the country.
(d) Smugglers increase their fees for helping people cross the border.

5. What does Beto tell Cantu about his aspirations for a career when he was a child?
(a) In El Paso, the only people doing well were working for the cartels or working to take them down.
(b) In El Paso, the only good work had been in manufacturing.
(c) He had wanted to be a teacher.
(d) He had wanted to be an engineer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jose have on his record that will complicate his request to be allowed to stay in the U.S.?

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

3. What does Cantu's supervisor tell him he might find at first in his new job in intelligence?

4. Why is Morales in the hospital on page 65?

5. On page 159, what does Cantu dream that he does in the desert?

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