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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Urrea, what is the only thing Mexico does to prevent walkers from crossing the border in Sasabe?
(a) They have sub-contracted patrols to a distant U.S. Border Patrol outpost.
(b) They have dug a deep trench along the border and filled it with poison spikes.
(c) They have posted a sign warning about the duplicity of the Coyotes.
(d) They have released retired but still-vicious police dogs to roam the area.

2. Who was Toribio Romo?
(a) Don Moi's right hand man.
(b) The patron saint of undocumented immigrants.
(c) The inventor of foam shoes.
(d) An old soccer coach from Chicago.

3. How many dead men did Border Patrol agents discover during their banzai run?
(a) 30.
(b) 0.
(c) 4.
(d) 14.

4. What sort of bullets do Wellton Border Patrol agents carry?
(a) Hollow-point bullets.
(b) Armor-piercing bullets.
(c) Birdshot.
(d) Rubber bullets.

5. The men stumbling out of the mountains in the book's introduction suffered from a medical condition; what was it?
(a) Osteoporosis.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Hyperthermia.
(d) Lupus.

6. What term did Rodrigo use to describe his colleagues in crime?
(a) He called them gang-bangers.
(b) He called them gangsters.
(c) He called them thieves.
(d) He called them bandits.

7. What desert vegetation did the walkers try to eat for hydration?
(a) Tumble weeds.
(b) Creosote.
(c) Bell peppers.
(d) Cactus.

8. Who got Mendez started working as a guide?
(a) Reymundo Maruri Sr.
(b) Don Moi.
(c) Mike F.
(d) His friend, Rodrigo Maradona.

9. How did Nahum Landa know Reymundo Maruri?
(a) They were on the same baseball team.
(b) They were brothers-in-law.
(c) Nahum worked in Reymundo's factory.
(d) They once played opposite each other in a battle of the bands.

10. What was the first white man who died on the Devil's Highway doing when he passed?
(a) Trying to kill a dog.
(b) Fighting a local soldier.
(c) Wandering the desert.
(d) Riding a dangerous horse.

11. What term did the media use for the men who died on the journey described within the book?
(a) The Wellton 26.
(b) The Yuma 14.
(c) La Cabeza de la Diabla.
(d) The Devil's Highway.

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

13. Why would Coyotes sometimes feed diet pills to walkers?
(a) They were reluctant to contribute to America's obesity epidemic.
(b) It started as a prank and it got out of hand.
(c) They were eager to contribute to America's drug epidemic.
(d) They wanted them to walk faster.

14. What is the official name of the case regarding the journey that led the Yuma 14 to their deaths?
(a) Operation Broken Promise.
(b) The Great Border Tragedy.
(c) The Mendez File.
(d) The Devil's Case.

15. What was the name for the stretch of desert that the walkers found themselves lost in?
(a) The Devil's Highway.
(b) The Atacama.
(c) The Gobi.
(d) The Sahara.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Urrea, why did "hungry men" (47) want to work with Don Moi?

2. What was the location of the Border Patrol station that led rescue efforts for the men lost on the Devil's Highway?

3. What was carried by the apparition of a white woman who appeared before the warriors of the O'Odham in 1699?

4. What is the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument famous for?

5. Why do so-called "foamers" (29) wear foam blocks as they cross through the desert?

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