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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. What hidden tool does Urrea describe that allows Border Patrol agents to secretly track the movements of border crossers?
(a) Moles embedded within border crossings.
(b) Buried motion sensors.
(c) Camouflaged bloodhounds.
(d) Cloaked surveillance drones.

2. According to Urrea, what is the only thing Mexico does to prevent walkers from crossing the border in Sasabe?
(a) They have sub-contracted patrols to a distant U.S. Border Patrol outpost.
(b) They have dug a deep trench along the border and filled it with poison spikes.
(c) They have posted a sign warning about the duplicity of the Coyotes.
(d) They have released retired but still-vicious police dogs to roam the area.

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

4. What state were the walkers discovered in?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Florida.
(d) Oklahoma.

5. Urrea describes an apparition of a black head in the dirt as seen by an unnamed traveler; what did the black head do upon seeing the traveler?
(a) The black head laughed.
(b) The black head warned him to leave.
(c) The black head begged for water.
(d) The black head screamed in terror.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were there few beans to eat in Veracruz in the early 2000s?

2. The men stumbling out of the mountains in the book's introduction suffered from a medical condition; what was it?

3. What was the nationality of the first group of undocumented immigrants hunted by American Border Patrol in the 1880s?

4. Who processed the paperwork of the Yuma 14?

5. Why did the Border Patrol agents call Mendez "Rooster Boy"?

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