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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 2. In Veracruz - 5. Jesus Walks Among Us.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What desert vegetation did the walkers try to eat for hydration?
(a) Bell peppers.
(b) Creosote.
(c) Tumble weeds.
(d) Cactus.

2. What is Hotel Rio Colorado?
(a) A well-beloved and high-class chain of Mexican hotels.
(b) A "mecca" (80) of civilization lying between several different locations.
(c) A sarcastic term for a field of skeletons on the Devil's Highway.
(d) A fictional place from a popular but haunting Mexican ballad.

3. Which of the following groups is NOT included in the list of people who mock or dislike Border Patrol agents?
(a) Civilians.
(b) Liberals.
(c) Conservatives.
(d) Law Enforcement Officers.

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

5. Who processed the paperwork of the Yuma 14?
(a) Veracruz.
(b) Wellton.
(c) Tucson.
(d) Tallahassee.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Operation Gatekeeper change the routes walkers took to cross the border?

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

3. Why did the Mexican government stop distributing survival kits for border crossers?

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

5. What term did Rodrigo use to describe his colleagues in crime?

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