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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. Why were there few beans to eat in Veracruz in the early 2000s?
(a) The bean crops native to Mexico had gone extinct.
(b) The pope had decreed that beans were improper according to Leviticus.
(c) A great fire had wiped out most of the bean shipments.
(d) Consumers in the United States drove bean prices to unreasonable levels.

2. To what does the term "coffin-load" refer?
(a) The reduced payment a Coyote receives when one of his walkers dies in the desert.
(b) A style of loading one's pistol while lying down with one's arms crossed.
(c) People who cross the border cheaply by riding in locked car trunks.
(d) The pittance paid by immigrants who cannot afford to pay for a vehicle to take them across the border.

3. According to Urrea, what do Coyotes typically do before abandoning their walkers to die?
(a) Convince their walkers to give up.
(b) Order their walkers to go to sleep.
(c) Collect cash.
(d) Lead their walkers in prayer.

4. What sign of civilization did the walkers find before meeting Mike F.?
(a) An old gas station.
(b) A Circuit City.
(c) A bombing range.
(d) A pay phone.

5. Who died in Reymundo Sr.'s arms?
(a) Mendez.
(b) Nahum Landa.
(c) Reymundo Jr.
(d) Rafael Temich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which operatives worked at the bottom of the human smuggling hierarchy?

2. How did the Wellton officers react to Mendez's insistence that he was not like other Coyotes who left their walkers to die?

3. What structure did the walkers have to cross to get into America?

4. What garment became a "torture device" (138) in the desert sun?

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

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