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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 2. In Veracruz - 5. Jesus Walks Among Us.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Border Patrol agents create "drags" (28) running east-west along the desert?
(a) To force north-bound border crossers to leave tracks.
(b) To fill time on long, boring days.
(c) To keep the desert sand looking nice and smooth.
(d) To reduce glare from the setting sun.

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

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

4. How did Operation Gatekeeper change the routes walkers took to cross the border?
(a) Americans started migrating south to seek work in northern Mexico.
(b) Walkers' routes were unchanged.
(c) Walkers started traveling through the harsh and less heavily-patrolled desert areas.
(d) Undocumented immigration ceased altogether.

5. What term is used as a code name for indigenous peoples in the region?
(a) Walker.
(b) Migra.
(c) Coyote.
(d) Oaxaca.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Mexican government stop distributing survival kits for border crossers?

2. Where did Jesus AKA Mendez live before coming to Sonora?

3. What is Aztlan?

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

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

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