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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What piece of Border Patrol equipment does Urrea describe as a "lifesaver" (25)?
(a) The air conditioning on their trucks.
(b) Their guns.
(c) Their batons.
(d) Their pepper spray.

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

5. What state were the walkers discovered in?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Florida.

6. Who was the recruiter for the Coyotes?
(a) Don Moi.
(b) Jesus Mendez.
(c) Reymundo Barreda Maruri Jr.
(d) Mike F.

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

8. Why did the Mexican government stop distributing survival kits for border crossers?
(a) Mexicans complained that the resources should be redirected to people remaining in the country.
(b) A controversy ensued after someone was exposed to a fatal food allergen contained within the kits.
(c) The government ran out of funds to continue the program.
(d) Americans complained that they were encouraging illegal immigration.

9. What is the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument famous for?
(a) It is the most dangerous national park in America.
(b) UFOs are rumored to have landed there in ancient times.
(c) It was the birthplace of John Wayne.
(d) It was the first national monument managed entirely by undocumented workers.

10. What was the location of the Border Patrol station that led rescue efforts for the men lost on the Devil's Highway?
(a) Tulsa.
(b) Houston.
(c) Wellton.
(d) Tallahassee.

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

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

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

14. What name is initially ascribed to all of the men who died on the journey described within the book?
(a) Jim Drought.
(b) Juan Toledo.
(c) John Doe.
(d) Bob Dole.

15. What desert vegetation did the walkers try to eat for hydration?
(a) Bell peppers.
(b) Cactus.
(c) Creosote.
(d) Tumble weeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many dead men did Border Patrol agents discover during their banzai run?

2. The men stumbling out of the mountains in the book's introduction suffered from a medical condition; what was it?

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

4. What was the name for the stretch of desert that the walkers found themselves lost in?

5. Which direction did people in Veracruz wish to go, according to Urrea in Chapter 2?

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