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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 10. The Long Walk - 14. Helicopters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physical abnormality influenced Mendez's course through the desert?
(a) His left leg had less thrust than his right.
(b) His ears were very large, so he preferred to stay low, away from the wind.
(c) He had a low center of gravity, so preferred to stick to high ground.
(d) He had trouble seeing through one eye.

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

3. Why do Border Patrol agents create "drags" (28) running east-west along the desert?
(a) To reduce glare from the setting sun.
(b) To fill time on long, boring days.
(c) To keep the desert sand looking nice and smooth.
(d) To force north-bound border crossers to leave tracks.

4. How did the walkers evade the Border Patrol's drag system the first time Mendez crossed the Devil's Highway?
(a) They kept to the high ground.
(b) They walked backwards to make their tracks confusing.
(c) They covered their tracks with brush.
(d) They wore foam shoes.

5. What hidden tool does Urrea describe that allows Border Patrol agents to secretly track the movements of border crossers?
(a) Camouflaged bloodhounds.
(b) Cloaked surveillance drones.
(c) Moles embedded within border crossings.
(d) Buried motion sensors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Urrea suggest it was unlikely that Border Patrol agents were responsible for the lights at Bluebird Pass?

2. What reason did the remaining two Coyotes give for leaving the group?

3. What "savage little maze" (113) did the men enter after Bluebird Pass?

4. What became of the group that left the main group with one of the Coyotes once it became clear they were lost?

5. How many deserts were the men originally supposed to cross?

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