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

2. Who was in the last group of Coyotes that left the walkers behind?
(a) Mendez and Rey Sr.
(b) Lauro and Santos.
(c) Mendez and Lauro.
(d) Lauro and Nahum Landa.

3. From what is the term "tonks," used in reference to border crossers by Border Patrol agents, derived?
(a) It is a Harry Potter reference.
(b) It is the sound of a flashlight breaking over a human head.
(c) It is a sly reference to the "s-knot," used by early Border Patrol agents to tie up border crossers in the days before handcuffs.
(d) It is an abbreviation of the phrase "ton of cussing."

4. What is the first stage of hyperthermia?
(a) Heat Stroke.
(b) Heat death.
(c) Heat stress.
(d) Heat Syncope.

5. Why did men start tossing away their belongings during their walk?
(a) They dropped their items accidentally.
(b) To attract attention from Border Patrol.
(c) Out of despair.
(d) To celebrate their passage into America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What economic role did Western Union play in Mexican/American relations at the time described by Urrea in Chapter 2?

2. Why did the men travel so slowly up the sandy desert hills?

3. Which of the following creatures is NOT said to reside in Desolation?

4. Who was the "bad-toothed scrapper" (85) that joined Mendez on the walk through the Devil's Highway?

5. What desert vegetation did the walkers try to eat for hydration?

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