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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (pages 101 - 150).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cantu deliberately shoot at the firing range just to see if he is capable of taking a life?
(a) A small yellow bird.
(b) A small dog.
(c) A swan.
(d) A chipmunk.

2. Which of the following is one of the most common types of metaphors used by journalists writing about migrant deaths?
(a) Artistic metaphors.
(b) Sports metaphors.
(c) Economic metaphors.
(d) Literary metaphors.

3. On page 101, which elderly relative of Cantu's dies?
(a) His great-Aunt Frances.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His great-grandmother.
(d) His great-Uncle Roberto.

4. What does Cantu want to tell Adam on the phone but holds himself back from suggesting?
(a) He should make sure he always carries a gun.
(b) He should install new locks and deadbolts on all his doors.
(c) He should leave the church he has been a member of his entire life.
(d) He should take his family and move somewhere else, far from the border.

5. On page 133, what cosmic event does Cantu imagine his relatives having witnessed?
(a) A lunar eclipse.
(b) A solar eclipse.
(c) The impact of a huge meteor.
(d) The passage of Halley's Comet.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 141, what does Cantu tell Beto he is thinking of doing after leaving Border Patrol?

2. What does Cantu learn decapitation can be a symbol for?

3. What words are painted on rocks Cantu can see on the Juarez Mountains on page 130?

4. What do the young boys tell Cantu that the man in their party who died did that might explain his death?

5. On page 76, what does Cantu's mother tell him she is worried about apart from his safety on his job?

(see the answer key)

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