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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. According to Urrea, why did "hungry men" (47) want to work with Don Moi?
(a) The Hungry Men were a rock group and they believed Don Moi could get them a gig.
(b) They wanted guts like his.
(c) They wanted to learn how to make American cheeseburgers.
(d) They wanted to distract him from flirting with their wives.

2. What did the two remaining Coyotes take from the walkers before leaving?
(a) Their dollars.
(b) Their shoes.
(c) Their pesos.
(d) The rest of their water.

3. What is Aztlan?
(a) The code name for one of the walkers accompanying Mendez.
(b) The traditional home of the Aztecs, said to be in the American Southwest.
(c) A mysterious folkloric creature residing in the Devil's Highway.
(d) A well loved brand of Tejano beer.

4. What did the walkers do after their Coyotes failed to return?
(a) They returned south.
(b) They pressed north.
(c) They stayed put.
(d) They veered east.

5. Why does Urrea voice skepticism that Mendez truly believed the lights came from Border Patrol agents?
(a) Border Patrol agents are not allowed to drive at night.
(b) He thinks Mendez had something to hide.
(c) No Border Patrol agent could get Mendez to commit suicide, and walking into the desert was effectively suicide.
(d) Urrea has reason to believe that Mendez wanted the men dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did the remaining two Coyotes give for leaving the group?

2. Why do Coyotes rarely carry money, according to Urrea?

3. How many watering holes did Mendez miss while traveling through Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge?

4. What physical abnormality influenced Mendez's course through the desert?

5. How did Nahum Landa know Reymundo Maruri?

(see the answer key)

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