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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. Why was the sign reading, "USA Prohibido!" (57) confusing to Spanish-speakers?
(a) The sign was decorated with an inexplicable painting of a crab.
(b) The sign was blown upside-down after a bad storm.
(c) "Usa" in Spanish means "to use," and does not connote "The United States of America."
(d) The sign's color scheme was difficult to read.

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

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

4. What "savage little maze" (113) did the men enter after Bluebird Pass?
(a) The Growler mountains.
(b) A confusing series of underground tunnels.
(c) An Arizona corn maze.
(d) A confusing collection of constellations that led them astray.

5. According to Urrea, what did men driving home from America bring with them to Veracruz in Chapter 2?
(a) New toys, clothes, and appliances.
(b) Contagious American diseases.
(c) Exotic American pets.
(d) Eager American missionaries.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men decided to join the Coyote who advocated for a change of plans?

2. To what did Mendez allegedly attribute the strange lights at Bluebird Pass?

3. Who stayed near the back of the group to push stragglers forward?

4. According to Urrea, what was the third major error that Mendez made?

5. What did the two remaining Coyotes take from the walkers before leaving?

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