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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which direction did people in Veracruz wish to go, according to Urrea in Chapter 2?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) East.
2. Why would Coyotes sometimes feed diet pills to walkers?
(a) They were reluctant to contribute to America's obesity epidemic.
(b) They wanted them to walk faster.
(c) It started as a prank and it got out of hand.
(d) They were eager to contribute to America's drug epidemic.
3. What is Hotel Rio Colorado?
(a) A well-beloved and high-class chain of Mexican hotels.
(b) A fictional place from a popular but haunting Mexican ballad.
(c) A "mecca" (80) of civilization lying between several different locations.
(d) A sarcastic term for a field of skeletons on the Devil's Highway.
4. 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) Buried motion sensors.
(c) Cloaked surveillance drones.
(d) Camouflaged bloodhounds.
5. How many dead men did Border Patrol agents discover during their banzai run?
(a) 30.
(b) 14.
(c) 0.
(d) 4.
6. What country did the walkers immigrate to?
(a) Canada.
(b) The United States of America.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Honduras.
7. Where were the Yuma 14 sent after their bodies were collected?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Texas.
8. To what does the term "coffin-load" refer?
(a) The reduced payment a Coyote receives when one of his walkers dies in the desert.
(b) People who cross the border cheaply by riding in locked car trunks.
(c) A style of loading one's pistol while lying down with one's arms crossed.
(d) The pittance paid by immigrants who cannot afford to pay for a vehicle to take them across the border.
9. What term did the media use for the men who died on the journey described within the book?
(a) The Wellton 26.
(b) The Devil's Highway.
(c) The Yuma 14.
(d) La Cabeza de la Diabla.
10. What collapsing commodity most damaged the economy of Veracruz?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Oil.
(c) Milk.
(d) Diamonds.
11. Who was the recruiter for the Coyotes?
(a) Reymundo Barreda Maruri Jr.
(b) Jesus Mendez.
(c) Don Moi.
(d) Mike F.
12. Why was the sign reading, "USA Prohibido!" (57) confusing to Spanish-speakers?
(a) "Usa" in Spanish means "to use," and does not connote "The United States of America."
(b) The sign was blown upside-down after a bad storm.
(c) The sign was decorated with an inexplicable painting of a crab.
(d) The sign's color scheme was difficult to read.
13. Where did Jesus AKA Mendez live before coming to Sonora?
(a) Veracruz.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Guadalajara.
14. What was the first white man who died on the Devil's Highway doing when he passed?
(a) Wandering the desert.
(b) Trying to kill a dog.
(c) Riding a dangerous horse.
(d) Fighting a local soldier.
15. What term is used as a code name for indigenous peoples in the region?
(a) Oaxaca.
(b) Walker.
(c) Migra.
(d) Coyote.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who got Mendez started working as a guide?
2. According to Urrea, what connotation does "pollo" carry when talking about chicken?
3. According to Urrea, what did men driving home from America bring with them to Veracruz in Chapter 2?
4. What is Aztlan?
5. Who was El Chespiro?
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