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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 location of the Border Patrol station that led rescue efforts for the men lost on the Devil's Highway?
(a) Tulsa.
(b) Houston.
(c) Tallahassee.
(d) Wellton.

2. Who was the first white man to die on The Devil's Highway?
(a) Stephen Miller.
(b) Melchior Diaz.
(c) Jonathan Kelly.
(d) Christopher Columbus.

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

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

5. What was historically significant about the group of men that Mike F. discovered?
(a) They were the first all-male border crossing in recorded history.
(b) They were the first border crossing to be conducted without the help of organized crime.
(c) They were part of the largest die-off in the history of the border's crossings.
(d) They were the first border crossing to feature any survivors at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fate did Quelele, warrior of the Sand Papagos, threaten the Mexican army with?

2. What country did the walkers leave during their border crossing?

3. What name does Urrea use for the Border Patrol agent who discovered the walkers?

4. When do most border crossings from Mexico take place?

5. What term did the media use for the men who died on the journey described within the book?

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