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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 201 - 247).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies Jose's wife and children to the courtroom along with Cantu?
(a) Jose's father.
(b) Their pastor.
(c) The sicario.
(d) Jose's friend who is a policeman.

2. What does Diane tell Cantu at the checkout at the grocery store when he runs into her on page 224?
(a) She is still trying to figure out a way to get Jose back into the country safely.
(b) She wants to take Jose's kids across the border to visit him in Mexico.
(c) Her family has raised some money for Jose's family and she would like Cantu to give it to Lupe for them.
(d) She feels responsible in some ways for Jose's being deported.

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

4. What is one of Jose's jobs?
(a) He is an accountant for local businesses.
(b) He is a security guard at a mall.
(c) He maintains the mercado grounds where Cantu also works.
(d) He is a sanitation worker for the city.

5. What does Cantu do for Beto when Beto goes away for several days on page 148?
(a) Do Beto's paperwork.
(b) Water Beto's plants.
(c) Look after Beto's elderly mother.
(d) Take care of Beto's dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sicario say his dreams made him realize about his work and private lives?

2. Which of the following cities suffered damage during the Mexican Revolution?

3. On page 222, what does the parable Cantu's mother tells him revolve around?

4. What happens to Cantu only two days after arriving to his post as a Border Patrol agent?

5. Why does Cantu arrest one of the men in the car he stops on page 70?

(see the answer key)

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