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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 151 - 200).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one of the Border Patrol agents bring to the young immigrant sisters on page 51, hoping it will make them feel better?
(a) Soda.
(b) Skittles.
(c) A cake.
(d) Bread.

2. Why do Border Patrol agents destroy migrants' belongings they find in the desert?
(a) To make sure they continue to think of migrants as less than human.
(b) To discourage the migrants from continuing their journey.
(c) Because they resent the migrants so much.
(d) To clean up the desert, per their orders.

3. How does Cantu's mother become injured in Mexico during their trip there in the book's prologue?
(a) She twists her ankle walking across a busy street.
(b) She is bitten by a stray dog.
(c) She is hit by a stray bullet.
(d) She drinks some tainted water and contracts an illness.

4. On page 117, what does Cantu dream about that is disturbing?
(a) Finding bodies in the desert.
(b) His teeth rotting out.
(c) A cave littered with body parts.
(d) His mother's death.

5. What does one woman being sentenced in immigration court tell the judge that prompts him to say someone will see her at the detention facility?
(a) She has lost her diabetes medication.
(b) She has cancer.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She has a heart condition.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do other agents refer to the village Adam and his wife live in?

3. Why does Adam flag down Cantu as Cantu drives through the reservation on page 67?

4. On page 145, what does Hayward tell Cantu that shakes him?

5. On page 97, what does Cantu tell Hayward is bothering him about the job?

(see the answer key)

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