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

2. What size of group was considered a "magic number" for Coyotes?
(a) 30.
(b) 3.
(c) 13.
(d) 300.

3. What is the last stage of hyperthermia?
(a) Heat Cramps.
(b) Heat Fatigue.
(c) Heat Stress.
(d) Heat Stroke.

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

5. What name does Urrea use for the Border Patrol agent who discovered the walkers?
(a) Pancho Villa.
(b) Melchior Diaz.
(c) Mike F.
(d) Ofelia Zepeda.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the men from Veracruz travel their first 2,000 miles northward?

2. How did Don Moi feel to hear the travelers laughing on the bus?

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

4. How much water did Mendez share with the walkers?

5. Who was El Chespiro?

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