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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 6. In Sonoita - 9. Killed by the Light.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city did the walkers start their walk from?
(a) Sonoita.
(b) San Luis.
(c) Tucson.
(d) No city- their bus driver let them off early.

2. What is Hotel Rio Colorado?
(a) A well-beloved and high-class chain of Mexican hotels.
(b) A fictional place from a popular but haunting Mexican ballad.
(c) A sarcastic term for a field of skeletons on the Devil's Highway.
(d) A "mecca" (80) of civilization lying between several different locations.

3. What cardinal direction was the direction of death in the ancient beliefs held by some of the men from Veracruz?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) East.

4. What is the first stage of hyperthermia?
(a) Heat death.
(b) Heat stress.
(c) Heat Syncope.
(d) Heat Stroke.

5. Who was El Chespiro?
(a) One of the heads of the smuggling operation that brought the Yuma 14 into the desert.
(b) A low-ranking Coyote who was abandoned on The Devil's Highway.
(c) A notorious Border Patrol agent, rumored to have killed twenty men.
(d) A dog catcher from Sonoita, beloved by the community for his easy-going smile and simple ways.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What economic role did Western Union play in Mexican/American relations at the time described by Urrea in Chapter 2?

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

4. Why was the sign reading, "USA Prohibido!" (57) confusing to Spanish-speakers?

5. How many deserts were the men originally supposed to cross?

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