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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. With which of his family members did Reymundo Barreda Maruri Sr. travel?
(a) His father.
(b) His wife.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His son.

2. What reason did Mendez give for getting into the smuggling business?
(a) It was the best way to meet women.
(b) He hoped it would help him make contacts as a musician.
(c) He claimed to be a freedom fighter resisting the American government.
(d) It was the only way to make a decent wage.

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

4. What reason did the remaining two Coyotes give for leaving the group?
(a) They were tired of listening to the walkers complain.
(b) They wanted to cover more ground.
(c) They did not want to slow the walkers down.
(d) They were going to get water.

5. How did the brothers Isidro and Mario Gonzalez Manzano rehydrate to survive?
(a) They did not, and died of dehydration.
(b) They found a small stream.
(c) They fond an abandoned cooler full of pepsi.
(d) They found some cactus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the signcutters call Mendez after they read his tracks near Bluebird Pass?

2. How did the men from Veracruz travel their first 2,000 miles northward?

3. Who was responsible for making sure the walkers had water on the Devil's Highway?

4. How was the work of Coyotes gendered in banda subculture?

5. What garment became a "torture device" (138) in the desert sun?

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