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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 15. Aftermath - Afterword: Ten Years On.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take for a later group of walkers to get help once they stopped at a Border Patrol tower?
(a) Help never came.
(b) Three days.
(c) Twelve hours.
(d) One hour.

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason given by attorney Paul K. Charlton to suspect that Mendez was guilty?
(a) Mendez and the other Coyotes did not give the walkers sufficient information.
(b) Mendez had already pled guilty.
(c) Taking people into temperatures over a hundred degrees is innately reckless.
(d) Mendez knew how vast the desert was, based on prior apprehensions.

3. How many men decided to join the Coyote who advocated for a change of plans?
(a) None of them.
(b) 3 or 5.
(c) Half of them.
(d) All of them.

4. Who did the walkers turn in to law enforcement?
(a) Luis Cercas.
(b) Reymundo Sr.
(c) Mendez.
(d) Nahum Landa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the supervisory officer in Wellton station at the time of the book's events?

2. How did the brothers Isidro and Mario Gonzalez Manzano rehydrate to survive?

3. How many watering holes did Mendez miss while traveling through Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge?

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

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

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