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

2. Why did the Border Patrol agents call Mendez "Rooster Boy"?
(a) He had a distinctive red forelock.
(b) He was trying to catch and eat a rooster when they intercepted him.
(c) They started off calling him "Hen Boy" but he complained that it was emasculating.
(d) He would scream every morning at the crack of dawn.

3. According to Urrea, why did "hungry men" (47) want to work with Don Moi?
(a) The Hungry Men were a rock group and they believed Don Moi could get them a gig.
(b) They wanted to learn how to make American cheeseburgers.
(c) They wanted to distract him from flirting with their wives.
(d) They wanted guts like his.

4. Who was Toribio Romo?
(a) An old soccer coach from Chicago.
(b) Don Moi's right hand man.
(c) The inventor of foam shoes.
(d) The patron saint of undocumented immigrants.

5. Which operatives worked at the bottom of the human smuggling hierarchy?
(a) The Cercas brothers.
(b) El Nego and El Moreno.
(c) Don Moi and his men.
(d) The guides, or guias.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was historically significant about the group of men that Mike F. discovered?

2. With which of his family members did Reymundo Barreda Maruri Sr. travel?

3. What other government organization sometimes has Border Patrol vehicles pulled over for inspection?

4. What was the name for the stretch of desert that the walkers found themselves lost in?

5. Where did Jesus AKA Mendez live before coming to Sonora?

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