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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (pages 101 - 150).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cantu tell his mother he wants to work in Border Patrol on page 23?
(a) He has read about the border in books and now he wants to see what it is like for himself.
(b) He wants his wife and children to be proud of him.
(c) The job pays very well.
(d) Border Patrol will pay for him to earn a master's degree while he works there.

2. What does Cantu's first supervisor tell him he should try to do with the customs agents?
(a) Make friends with them.
(b) Learn their job so that he could move into one of those positions as a promotion.
(c) Learn how to access their computer systems so they can share useful information.
(d) Bribe them.

3. On page 77, why is Cantu so frustrated that he loses the trail of the 20 or so immigrants he is tracking in the desert?
(a) He is worried that the group may be carrying dangerous weapons to sell.
(b) He is worried about their safety and had heard the group may include women and children.
(c) He is concerned that drug cartel members might also be after the group.
(d) He had wanted to make more arrests that day to reach his quota.

4. Where does Cantu go hiking on page 148?
(a) The Franklin Mountains.
(b) The Smoky Mountains.
(c) The Guadalupe Mountains.
(d) The Rocky Mountains.

5. What do Morales and Cantu see in the desert night sky while working that awes them both?
(a) A huge airplane.
(b) A shooting star.
(c) A satellite.
(d) A Bald Eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 101, which elderly relative of Cantu's dies?

2. Who are Cantu's new colleagues in El Paso?

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

4. What animal featured in a story Cantu recalls his mother reading to him as a child on page 81?

5. What does the elderly man from Michoacan ask Cantu if he can do while he wants to be deported on page 31?

(see the answer key)

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