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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. Why does Cantu excuse himself from Morales's hospital room and not return?
(a) He is crying and does not want Morales's friends and family to see him upset.
(b) Being in the hospital brings back bad memories of his father's death.
(c) He feels he should be at the office doing work.
(d) He is squeamish around medical equipment.

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

3. Who is Cantu's supervisor at his new job in intelligence at the Border Patrol office in Tucson?
(a) Morales.
(b) Hayward.
(c) Beto.
(d) Manuel.

4. What delicacy did Morales want to eat that the two men he and Cantu picked up on page 50 had?
(a) Papusas.
(b) Flan.
(c) Chilaquiles.
(d) Jerky.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Cantu deliberately shoot at the firing range just to see if he is capable of taking a life?

4. What animal features in one of Cantu's unsettling dreams on page 14?

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

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