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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jose's private immigration attorney tell Cantu and Diane about Jose's case?
(a) The case will require family members to come to the U.S. from Mexico to testify in Jose's favor.
(b) It will be hard but not impossible.
(c) It will be easy to convince the judge Jose should stay.
(d) It will be a very expensive process.

2. Which organization began an investigation into the large-scale killings of women in Juarez in 2004?
(a) Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team.
(b) Heifer.
(c) Amnesty International.
(d) Doctors Without Borders.

3. What kind of job does Cantu work in on page 167?
(a) He works in a coffee shop.
(b) He cooks in a food truck.
(c) He works as an apprentice accountant.
(d) He works in a clothing shop.

4. On page 101, which elderly relative of Cantu's dies?
(a) His great-Uncle Roberto.
(b) His great-grandmother.
(c) His great-Aunt Frances.
(d) His grandfather.

5. Where is Jose originally from?
(a) Juarez.
(b) Oaxaca.
(c) Monterrey.
(d) Mexico City.

6. Which Italian filmmaker participated in the interviews with the former hit man for the drug cartels in 2008?
(a) Franco Zefferelli.
(b) Frances Ford Coppola.
(c) Matteo Baggheti.
(d) Gianfranco Rosi.

7. What does Beto tell Cantu about his aspirations for a career when he was a child?
(a) He had wanted to be an engineer.
(b) In El Paso, the only people doing well were working for the cartels or working to take them down.
(c) In El Paso, the only good work had been in manufacturing.
(d) He had wanted to be a teacher.

8. 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 a heart condition.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She has cancer.

9. What does the sicario describe as his experience in going to a prayer service at a Christian church?
(a) He felt angry.
(b) He felt like he wanted to become a priest.
(c) He started to cry with emotion.
(d) He felt resentful.

10. According to writer Rivera Garza, what does fear do?
(a) Enrage.
(b) Isolate.
(c) Terrify.
(d) Galvanize.

11. What happens to Jose's middle son that Jose tells Cantu he is worried about on page 168?
(a) He was diagnosed with cancer.
(b) He was being bullied at school.
(c) He was struggling in keeping up with his math homework.
(d) He was hit by a car but was recovering.

12. On page 157, what does Hayward tell Cantu about coming back to Border Patrol after a leave of absence?
(a) Hayward wants Cantu to take a leave of absence and then come back to take a much higher-level position.
(b) Hayward wants to keep Cantu as an employee, and he can arrange for Cantu to come back after a leave of absence.
(c) If Cantu takes a leave of absence, he can not come back.
(d) If Cantu takes a leave of absence, he can come back, but at the lowest position level possible.

13. Who was elected president of Mexico in 2006?
(a) Vicente Fox.
(b) Oscar Romero.
(c) Felipe Calderon.
(d) Beto O'Rourke.

14. What had just happened in Cantu's family right before he and his mother traveled to Mexico for the first time?
(a) Cantu's grandfather had just died.
(b) Cantu's mother and father had just separated.
(c) Cantu's brother had just been born.
(d) Cantu's sister had just had a bone marrow transplant.

15. Who is Jose's court-appointed attorney?
(a) Scott.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Walter.
(d) Atticus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hayward ask Cantu if he would like to move to from the Tucson office for his next post with Border Patrol?

2. What does Hayward tell Cantu about his own experience in the field that makes Cantu see Hayward in a different light on page 145?

3. What is the word for mass graves where the drug cartels left the bodies of those they murdered?

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

5. What does Cantu do for Beto when Beto goes away for several days on page 148?

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