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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 is the official name of the case regarding the journey that led the Yuma 14 to their deaths?
(a) The Mendez File.
(b) Operation Broken Promise.
(c) The Devil's Case.
(d) The Great Border Tragedy.

2. What was carried by the apparition of a white woman who appeared before the warriors of the O'Odham in 1699?
(a) A cluster of snakes.
(b) A cross.
(c) A black iron bell.
(d) A flaming sword.

3. Which operatives worked at the bottom of the human smuggling hierarchy?
(a) Don Moi and his men.
(b) El Nego and El Moreno.
(c) The guides, or guias.
(d) The Cercas brothers.

4. How did Nahum Landa know Reymundo Maruri?
(a) They were on the same baseball team.
(b) They once played opposite each other in a battle of the bands.
(c) Nahum worked in Reymundo's factory.
(d) They were brothers-in-law.

5. The men stumbling out of the mountains in the book's introduction suffered from a medical condition; what was it?
(a) Lupus.
(b) Osteoporosis.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Hyperthermia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do so-called "foamers" (29) wear foam blocks as they cross through the desert?

2. From what is the term "tonks," used in reference to border crossers by Border Patrol agents, derived?

3. Which of the following creatures is NOT said to reside in Desolation?

4. What organization did the Texan and Arizona branches of Border Patrol start worrying about in the aftermath of 9/11?

5. According to Urrea, which group would the agents at Wellton say could best describe "the real border world" (23)?

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