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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would Coyotes sometimes feed diet pills to walkers?
(a) They were eager to contribute to America's drug epidemic.
(b) They were reluctant to contribute to America's obesity epidemic.
(c) It started as a prank and it got out of hand.
(d) They wanted them to walk faster.

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

3. Where were the Yuma 14 sent after their bodies were collected?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Texas.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Oregon.

4. What country did the walkers immigrate to?
(a) Canada.
(b) Portugal.
(c) The United States of America.
(d) Honduras.

5. What was the name for the stretch of desert that the walkers found themselves lost in?
(a) The Sahara.
(b) The Atacama.
(c) The Gobi.
(d) The Devil's Highway.

6. What was the name of the supervisory officer in Wellton station at the time of the book's events?
(a) Jesus Mendez.
(b) Ken Smith.
(c) Luis Alberto Urrea.
(d) Mike F.

7. Who was El Chespiro?
(a) A low-ranking Coyote who was abandoned on The Devil's Highway.
(b) A notorious Border Patrol agent, rumored to have killed twenty men.
(c) A dog catcher from Sonoita, beloved by the community for his easy-going smile and simple ways.
(d) One of the heads of the smuggling operation that brought the Yuma 14 into the desert.

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

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

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

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

12. What organization did the Texan and Arizona branches of Border Patrol start worrying about in the aftermath of 9/11?
(a) Al Quaeda.
(b) MS-13.
(c) The Bloods.
(d) The Aryan Brotherhood.

13. What hidden tool does Urrea describe that allows Border Patrol agents to secretly track the movements of border crossers?
(a) Moles embedded within border crossings.
(b) Cloaked surveillance drones.
(c) Buried motion sensors.
(d) Camouflaged bloodhounds.

14. How many dead men did Border Patrol agents discover during their banzai run?
(a) 0.
(b) 4.
(c) 14.
(d) 30.

15. What collapsing commodity most damaged the economy of Veracruz?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Oil.
(c) Milk.
(d) Diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nationality of the first group of undocumented immigrants hunted by American Border Patrol in the 1880s?

2. Why did the Mexican government stop distributing survival kits for border crossers?

3. According to Urrea, what two factors most unite the Mexican consular corps and the American Border Patrol?

4. Why did the Border Patrol agents call Mendez "Rooster Boy"?

5. What is Aztlan?

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