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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Urrea, what is the only thing Mexico does to prevent walkers from crossing the border in Sasabe?
(a) They have sub-contracted patrols to a distant U.S. Border Patrol outpost.
(b) They have posted a sign warning about the duplicity of the Coyotes.
(c) They have dug a deep trench along the border and filled it with poison spikes.
(d) They have released retired but still-vicious police dogs to roam the area.

2. What was historically significant about the group of men that Mike F. discovered?
(a) They were part of the largest die-off in the history of the border's crossings.
(b) They were the first all-male border crossing in recorded history.
(c) They were the first border crossing to be conducted without the help of organized crime.
(d) They were the first border crossing to feature any survivors at all.

3. What does the suffix "-tepec" mean, according to Urrea?
(a) Flower.
(b) Jaguar.
(c) Hill.
(d) Angel.

4. How did Operation Gatekeeper change the routes walkers took to cross the border?
(a) Americans started migrating south to seek work in northern Mexico.
(b) Undocumented immigration ceased altogether.
(c) Walkers' routes were unchanged.
(d) Walkers started traveling through the harsh and less heavily-patrolled desert areas.

5. Which direction did people in Veracruz wish to go, according to Urrea in Chapter 2?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) East.

6. What term is used as a code name for indigenous peoples in the region?
(a) Migra.
(b) Walker.
(c) Oaxaca.
(d) Coyote.

7. What was carried by the apparition of a white woman who appeared before the warriors of the O'Odham in 1699?
(a) A flaming sword.
(b) A cross.
(c) A black iron bell.
(d) A cluster of snakes.

8. To what does the term "coffin-load" refer?
(a) A style of loading one's pistol while lying down with one's arms crossed.
(b) The pittance paid by immigrants who cannot afford to pay for a vehicle to take them across the border.
(c) People who cross the border cheaply by riding in locked car trunks.
(d) The reduced payment a Coyote receives when one of his walkers dies in the desert.

9. Which of the following creatures is NOT said to reside in Desolation?
(a) Elder Brother, I'itoi.
(b) The coyote-spirit, Ban.
(c) The good witch, Glenda.
(d) The evil witch, Ho'ok.

10. What term did Rodrigo use to describe his colleagues in crime?
(a) He called them gangsters.
(b) He called them gang-bangers.
(c) He called them bandits.
(d) He called them thieves.

11. Who was the first white man to die on The Devil's Highway?
(a) Stephen Miller.
(b) Melchior Diaz.
(c) Christopher Columbus.
(d) Jonathan Kelly.

12. Who was Toribio Romo?
(a) Don Moi's right hand man.
(b) An old soccer coach from Chicago.
(c) The inventor of foam shoes.
(d) The patron saint of undocumented immigrants.

13. How do guides dress when traveling with walkers?
(a) In black leather and spiked jackets, to intimidate the walkers into submission.
(b) Stylishly, to imply they are wealthier than they really are.
(c) In cowboy garb, to pose as American citizens.
(d) Poorly, to disguise themselves from Border Patrol.

14. What is the official name of the case regarding the journey that led the Yuma 14 to their deaths?
(a) Operation Broken Promise.
(b) The Mendez File.
(c) The Devil's Case.
(d) The Great Border Tragedy.

15. Why were there few beans to eat in Veracruz in the early 2000s?
(a) A great fire had wiped out most of the bean shipments.
(b) Consumers in the United States drove bean prices to unreasonable levels.
(c) The bean crops native to Mexico had gone extinct.
(d) The pope had decreed that beans were improper according to Leviticus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of Border Patrol equipment does Urrea describe as a "lifesaver" (25)?

2. With which of his family members did Reymundo Barreda Maruri Sr. travel?

3. How was the work of Coyotes gendered in banda subculture?

4. What is the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument famous for?

5. What was the location of the Border Patrol station that led rescue efforts for the men lost on the Devil's Highway?

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