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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (pages 51 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following exercise is included in Cantu's Border Patrol training?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Completing a full triathlon.
(c) Squash.
(d) Stationary biking.

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

3. What visions of migrants does Cantu describe sometimes seeing in his nightmares on page 34?
(a) Migrants who have been bitten by poisonous snakes.
(b) Migrant children looking for their parents in the desert.
(c) Dead migrants who have not made it out of the desert alive.
(d) Migrants who have been shot and thrown in mass graves.

4. Where did the man and his wife that Cantu picks up on the reservation on page 39 come to the U.S. from?
(a) The Yucatan.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Morelos.
(d) Jurez.

5. What does Cole do with the hand sanitizer he asks the Border Patrol agents for on page 32?
(a) Throws it in someone's eyes.
(b) Lights a cactus on fire.
(c) Taunts a migrant with it.
(d) Empties it into the sand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which treaty modified the border delineation between Mexico and the U.S. in 1853?

2. Where does Cantu find two tired immigrants camped out on the reservation on page 38?

3. Who is Cantu's first supervisor on his first rotating shifts with Border Patrol?

4. Who is also in the car with Adam and his wife when they flag Cantu down on the road?

5. Which of the following is one reason Cantu's mother tells him she embarked on the career she chose?

(see the answer key)

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