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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 50).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the elderly man from Michoacan ask Cantu if he can do while he wants to be deported on page 31?
(a) Eat a dinner he brought in his backpack.
(b) Call his wife to tell her he is safe.
(c) Play cards with Cantu.
(d) Any kind of work in the border patrol station.

2. How long does Cantu spend in training in his Border Patrol unit on page 35?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

3. What Oaxacan food did the two men Morales and Cantu picked up on page 50 offer to Cantu?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Fried grasshoppers.
(c) Chorizo.
(d) Beer.

4. Where does Cantu's mother live?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Maryland.
(c) California.
(d) Texas.

5. Who was Hart's roommate who dropped out of Border Patrol training?
(a) Smith.
(b) Dominguez.
(c) Wesson.
(d) Morales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What visions of migrants does Cantu describe sometimes seeing in his nightmares on page 34?

2. Why does Cantu's mother tell him he can work anywhere he would like?

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

4. Where did the man and his wife that Cantu picks up on the reservation on page 39 come to the U.S. from?

5. Where did Cantu's mother work for almost her entire career?

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