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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 15. Aftermath - Afterword: Ten Years On.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did some of the younger walkers look to for an example when deciding how to talk to police?
(a) Mendez.
(b) Nahum Landa.
(c) Reymundo Sr.
(d) Rafael Temich.

2. What alternate plan did one of the Coyotes suggest after it became clear they were lost?
(a) Go back to Mexico.
(b) Lay down and accept the inevitability of death.
(c) Start a bonfire to get help.
(d) Make a human pyramid to better spot Border Patrol.

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

4. How long did it take for a later group of walkers to get help once they stopped at a Border Patrol tower?
(a) Help never came.
(b) Twelve hours.
(c) One hour.
(d) Three days.

5. What happened to the walkers right after they ran into the desert at Bluebird Pass?
(a) They were shot at by a rogue Border Patrol agent.
(b) They were captured by Border Patrol.
(c) They got caught in the rain.
(d) They fell asleep early.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the location of the Border Patrol station that led rescue efforts for the men lost on the Devil's Highway?

2. What is Hotel Rio Colorado?

3. According to Urrea, what connotation does "pollo" carry when talking about chicken?

4. What did the walkers do after their Coyotes failed to return?

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

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