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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Cantu and Beto help Manuel do on page 139?
2. What does the U.S. Marshal give to Diego, Jose's youngest son, outside the courtroom?
3. Who does Cantu stay behind in New Mexico to visit on page 125?
4. Where is Jose originally from?
5. What is Cantu's grandfather's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Cantu tell Jose when Jose asks him if he ever found drugs at the border during his work for Border Patrol?
2. What does Cantu's supervisor Hayward at Border Patrol suggest as a change in direction for him that will still allow him to stay with the agency on page 111?
3. What was Cantu's original birth name, and why did Cantu's mother change his name?
4. What does the U.S. Marshal from the courtroom give to one of Jose's sons that surprises Jose's defense attorney?
5. What does POW stand for at Border Patrol?
6. What are the three categories of metaphors that sociologist Jane Zavisca identified in media coverage of migrant deaths?
7. What does Beto tell Cantu he thinks is a harbinger of death in his family on page 120?
8. How does Jose and his family come to be connected with his private defense attorney, Elizabeth Green?
9. 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?
10. Cantu's mother was surprised when she finally met her long-estranged father. Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Cantu's uncle's guilt about the work he did marring the natural landscape relate to Cantu's own feelings about the work he has done as a Border Patrol officer? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the book, Cantu has a series of dreams that feature disturbing animals and physical issues (like grinding his teeth so hard they fall out of his mouth). Write an essay analyzing what Cantu's dreams reveal about his state of mind while he is working as a Border Patrol officer.
Essay Topic 3
How would you describe Cantu's feelings about his Mexican heritage? Do his feelings about his own background change during the course of the book? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your arguments.
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