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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. Which of the following is one reason Cantu's mother tells him she embarked on the career she chose?
(a) She wanted to make sure consumers were protected.
(b) She wanted to make sure everyone had equal access to higher education.
(c) She wanted to guard the landscape against ruin.
(d) She wanted to help foster stronger ties with the U.S.'s allies abroad.

2. Which treaty modified the border delineation between Mexico and the U.S. in 1853?
(a) The Treaty of Versailles.
(b) The Treaty of El Paso.
(c) The Treaty of Yucatan.
(d) The Treaty of La Mesilla.

3. Why do some people on the reservation sleep in the middle of the road?
(a) They want to stop the cars from passing.
(b) They think it means they will be taken into custody and given a warm bed.
(c) They are confused and think it is a sandy beach.
(d) When they are intoxicated, they want to sleep somewhere warm, and the asphalt retains the day's heat.

4. What is Cantu's colleague Cole's nickname?
(a) Black Death.
(b) Renaissance.
(c) Renegade.
(d) Reaper.

5. Which classmate of Cantu's did he most want to see graduate from Border Patrol training with him?
(a) Smith.
(b) Hart.
(c) Morales.
(d) Santiago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Border Patrol agents instructed to do with water, food, and other belongings they find that migrants have left in the desert?

2. What kind of dangerous animal does Cole tell Cantu and his colleagues to look out for on page 32?

3. What Oaxacan food did the two men Morales and Cantu picked up on page 50 offer to Cantu?

4. Which of the following exercise is included in Cantu's Border Patrol training?

5. How does Cantu's mother become injured in Mexico during their trip there in the book's prologue?

(see the answer key)

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