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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. 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.

2. What does Cantu tell the dentist when the dentist asks if his work in Border Patrol is stressful?
(a) It is stressful for other people he knows, but not for him.
(b) No.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Yes.

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

4. When was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo enacted?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1750.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1946.

5. Who climbed to a peak south of the international boundary line in 1706 and realized California was connected to Mexico?
(a) Guadalupe Hidalgo.
(b) Father Eusebio Kino.
(c) Oscar Romero.
(d) Christopher Columbus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cantu's mother tell him she insisted on keeping her maiden name after she married his father?

2. What does Cantu's first supervisor tell him he should try to do with the customs agents?

3. Why does Cantu excuse himself from Morales's hospital room and not return?

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

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

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