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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 6. In Sonoita - 9. Killed by the Light.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Mexican government stop distributing survival kits for border crossers?
(a) A controversy ensued after someone was exposed to a fatal food allergen contained within the kits.
(b) The government ran out of funds to continue the program.
(c) Americans complained that they were encouraging illegal immigration.
(d) Mexicans complained that the resources should be redirected to people remaining in the country.

2. What organization did the Texan and Arizona branches of Border Patrol start worrying about in the aftermath of 9/11?
(a) The Aryan Brotherhood.
(b) Al Quaeda.
(c) MS-13.
(d) The Bloods.

3. Who was El Chespiro?
(a) A low-ranking Coyote who was abandoned on The Devil's Highway.
(b) A dog catcher from Sonoita, beloved by the community for his easy-going smile and simple ways.
(c) A notorious Border Patrol agent, rumored to have killed twenty men.
(d) One of the heads of the smuggling operation that brought the Yuma 14 into the desert.

4. How did the men from Veracruz travel their first 2,000 miles northward?
(a) They took a bus.
(b) They walked.
(c) They rode in the trunks of cars.
(d) They flew.

5. What state were the walkers discovered in?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Florida.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Oklahoma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did the walkers start their walk from?

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

3. Why did the walkers have to stop using the water tank near Bluebird Pass?

4. According to Urrea, what is the only thing Mexico does to prevent walkers from crossing the border in Sasabe?

5. Who processed the paperwork of the Yuma 14?

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