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

2. On page 83, what does the dentist ask Cantu if he was aware of as a problem with his teeth?
(a) Whether he knew he had several teeth missing.
(b) Whether he knew he was grinding his teeth.
(c) Whether he knew he had five cavities.
(d) Whether he knew he had gingivitis.

3. What does Cantu's supervisor tell him he might find at first in his new job in intelligence?
(a) His eyes may seem tired from looking at screens all day.
(b) It may seem boring compared to field work.
(c) The shift work may be difficult to adjust to.
(d) His ears might ring from wearing headphones all day.

4. How do other agents refer to the village Adam and his wife live in?
(a) The dead zone.
(b) The meerkat.
(c) The borderline.
(d) The vampire village.

5. Why is Morales in the hospital on page 65?
(a) He had had a heart attack.
(b) He was in a motorcycle accident.
(c) He was in a swimming accident.
(d) He was suffering from severe anxiety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do some people on the reservation sleep in the middle of the road?

2. Why does Adam flag down Cantu as Cantu drives through the reservation on page 67?

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

4. What animal features in one of Cantu's unsettling dreams on page 14?

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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