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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 10. The Long Walk - 14. Helicopters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was in the last group of Coyotes that left the walkers behind?
(a) Mendez and Lauro.
(b) Lauro and Nahum Landa.
(c) Lauro and Santos.
(d) Mendez and Rey Sr.

2. How did the walkers feel about the Coyote who wanted the group to change its plan?
(a) They did not respect him.
(b) They felt empathy for his tragic life.
(c) He brightened their lives.
(d) They feared him.

3. To what does the term "coffin-load" refer?
(a) People who cross the border cheaply by riding in locked car trunks.
(b) The pittance paid by immigrants who cannot afford to pay for a vehicle to take them across the border.
(c) The reduced payment a Coyote receives when one of his walkers dies in the desert.
(d) A style of loading one's pistol while lying down with one's arms crossed.

4. Why were there few beans to eat in Veracruz in the early 2000s?
(a) A great fire had wiped out most of the bean shipments.
(b) The bean crops native to Mexico had gone extinct.
(c) The pope had decreed that beans were improper according to Leviticus.
(d) Consumers in the United States drove bean prices to unreasonable levels.

5. How many men decided to join the Coyote who advocated for a change of plans?
(a) 3 or 5.
(b) None of them.
(c) All of them.
(d) Half of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Urrea, why do Coyotes usually reject pesos from their walkers?

2. According to the notes of U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton, what did the walkers consume to survive after they were abandoned by the Coyotes?

3. How did Nahum Landa know Reymundo Maruri?

4. What important relationship did Jesus make while hiding from the sun in the border hotel?

5. According to Urrea, what do Coyotes typically do before abandoning their walkers to die?

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