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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1. The Rules of the Game.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nationality of the first group of undocumented immigrants hunted by American Border Patrol in the 1880s?
(a) Jamaican.
(b) Canadian.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Mexican.

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

3. Why do so-called "foamers" (29) wear foam blocks as they cross through the desert?
(a) The foam is a fashion statement.
(b) They believe it reduces the tracks that they leave.
(c) The foam allows them to ski down brief inclines.
(d) The foam keeps their feet cool.

4. What fate did Quelele, warrior of the Sand Papagos, threaten the Mexican army with?
(a) Cannibalism.
(b) Humiliation.
(c) Torture.
(d) Deportation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of bullets do Wellton Border Patrol agents carry?

2. What name is initially ascribed to all of the men who died on the journey described within the book?

3. What state were the walkers discovered in?

4. 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?

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

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