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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 name for the stretch of desert that the walkers found themselves lost in?
(a) The Sahara.
(b) The Atacama.
(c) The Gobi.
(d) The Devil's Highway.

2. What piece of Border Patrol equipment does Urrea describe as a "lifesaver" (25)?
(a) Their guns.
(b) The air conditioning on their trucks.
(c) Their batons.
(d) Their pepper spray.

3. What country did the walkers leave during their border crossing?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Veracruz.
(c) The United States of America.
(d) Canada.

4. What sort of bullets do Wellton Border Patrol agents carry?
(a) Armor-piercing bullets.
(b) Hollow-point bullets.
(c) Rubber bullets.
(d) Birdshot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who processed the paperwork of the Yuma 14?

2. 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?

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

4. What term is used as a code name for indigenous peoples in the region?

5. Where were the Yuma 14 sent after their bodies were collected?

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