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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 2008, which of the following writers conducted interviews with a former cartel hit man?
(a) Martin Bradley.
(b) Christopher Hitchens.
(c) Charles Bowden.
(d) Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

2. How much does Jose's private immigration attorney charge for her services?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $8,000.
(d) $10,000.

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

4. On page 159, what does Cantu dream that he does in the desert?
(a) Sees a shooting star.
(b) Feeds a wolf.
(c) Shoots and kills a man and a boy.
(d) Saves a group of migrants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jose's court-appointed attorney?

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

3. Where does Cantu go hiking on page 148?

4. What words are painted on rocks Cantu can see on the Juarez Mountains on page 130?

5. Where is Jose originally from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jose and his family come to be connected with his private defense attorney, Elizabeth Green?

2. On page 135, what does Cantu say became the hallmark of Ciudad Juarez sometime around the mid-1990s?

3. What are the three categories of metaphors that sociologist Jane Zavisca identified in media coverage of migrant deaths?

4. What does Cantu write that Carl Jung said the meaning of a savage animal in a dream was?

5. Who asks Cantu to help Jose when it becomes clear he is having trouble getting back into the U.S.?

6. What does the sicario tell the interviewers started to happen in his personal life after years of working for the cartel?

7. Why is Lupe, Jose's wife, not able to visit the detention center where he is being held awaiting a final decision on his case?

8. What does Beto tell Cantu he thinks is a harbinger of death in his family on page 120?

9. What does POW stand for at Border Patrol?

10. How does Cantu get to know Jose, and how does their friendship grow?

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