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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 tell the dentist when the dentist asks if his work in Border Patrol is stressful?
(a) No.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) It is stressful for other people he knows, but not for him.
(d) Yes.

2. What do the Border Patrol agents who have processed dead bodies tell Cantu is the worst thing about the work?
(a) The sight.
(b) The smell.
(c) The sound.
(d) The heat.

3. What axiom about suffering does Cantu note on page 105?
(a) Mexico is bound to suffer from the drug trade.
(b) Mexico is bound to suffer through hundred-year cycles of uprising.
(c) Mexico is bound to suffer with a giant over its northern border.
(d) Mexico is bound to suffer an exodus of its own people.

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

5. Who are Cantu's new colleagues in El Paso?
(a) Beto and Manuel.
(b) Manuel and Roberto.
(c) Luis and Beto.
(d) Beto and Roberto.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On page 117, what does Cantu dream about that is disturbing?

3. On page 111, what kind of bird does Cantu see on one of his monitor cameras?

4. On page 106, what does researcher Molly Molloy believe about the reporting on the statistics of homicides in Mexico since 2007?

5. What do Cantu and Beto help Manuel do on page 139?

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