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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. How did Mendez respond to hearing that some of the walkers had fallen?
(a) He immediately turned the group around to save them.
(b) He expressed vulgar disinterest.
(c) He sent one or two men back for them.
(d) He sobbed helplessly.

2. Who got Mendez started working as a guide?
(a) Reymundo Maruri Sr.
(b) His friend, Rodrigo Maradona.
(c) Mike F.
(d) Don Moi.

3. Who died in Reymundo Sr.'s arms?
(a) Mendez.
(b) Nahum Landa.
(c) Rafael Temich.
(d) Reymundo Jr.

4. Which mountain range did Mendez repeatedly attempt to climb, without success?
(a) Mount St. Helen.
(b) The Andes.
(c) The Rockies.
(d) The Growlers.

5. What other government organization sometimes has Border Patrol vehicles pulled over for inspection?
(a) The EPA.
(b) The FBI.
(c) The Marines.
(d) FEMA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was El Chespiro?

2. What structure did the walkers have to cross to get into America?

3. According to Urrea, which group would the agents at Wellton say could best describe "the real border world" (23)?

4. To what does the term "coffin-load" refer?

5. What was unfamiliar about the place names Jesus encountered in Sonoita?

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