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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What desert vegetation did the walkers try to eat for hydration?
(a) Cactus.
(b) Tumble weeds.
(c) Bell peppers.
(d) Creosote.
2. What does "OTM" stand for when used by Border Patrol agents?
(a) "Ogle This Money."
(b) "Other Than Mexicans."
(c) "Onward, To March."
(d) "Over The Mesa."
3. What reason did Mendez give for getting into the smuggling business?
(a) It was the only way to make a decent wage.
(b) It was the best way to meet women.
(c) He hoped it would help him make contacts as a musician.
(d) He claimed to be a freedom fighter resisting the American government.
4. What is Aztlan?
(a) A mysterious folkloric creature residing in the Devil's Highway.
(b) The traditional home of the Aztecs, said to be in the American Southwest.
(c) The code name for one of the walkers accompanying Mendez.
(d) A well loved brand of Tejano beer.
5. Who got Mendez started working as a guide?
(a) Don Moi.
(b) His friend, Rodrigo Maradona.
(c) Mike F.
(d) Reymundo Maruri Sr.
6. What piece of Border Patrol equipment does Urrea describe as a "lifesaver" (25)?
(a) Their guns.
(b) The air conditioning on their trucks.
(c) Their pepper spray.
(d) Their batons.
7. 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.
8. What was the name of the supervisory officer in Wellton station at the time of the book's events?
(a) Luis Alberto Urrea.
(b) Ken Smith.
(c) Jesus Mendez.
(d) Mike F.
9. Which direction did people in Veracruz wish to go, according to Urrea in Chapter 2?
(a) North.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) South.
10. What term is used as a code name for indigenous peoples in the region?
(a) Oaxaca.
(b) Walker.
(c) Coyote.
(d) Migra.
11. What was the first white man who died on the Devil's Highway doing when he passed?
(a) Riding a dangerous horse.
(b) Trying to kill a dog.
(c) Fighting a local soldier.
(d) Wandering the desert.
12. What name is initially ascribed to all of the men who died on the journey described within the book?
(a) Juan Toledo.
(b) Jim Drought.
(c) John Doe.
(d) Bob Dole.
13. 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) People who cross the border cheaply by riding in locked car trunks.
(c) The reduced payment a Coyote receives when one of his walkers dies in the desert.
(d) The pittance paid by immigrants who cannot afford to pay for a vehicle to take them across the border.
14. What was the location of the Border Patrol station that led rescue efforts for the men lost on the Devil's Highway?
(a) Houston.
(b) Wellton.
(c) Tulsa.
(d) Tallahassee.
15. What organization did the Texan and Arizona branches of Border Patrol start worrying about in the aftermath of 9/11?
(a) The Bloods.
(b) Al Quaeda.
(c) MS-13.
(d) The Aryan Brotherhood.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Nahum Landa know Reymundo Maruri?
2. What term did the media use for the men who died on the journey described within the book?
3. Who was Toribio Romo?
4. Why do Border Patrol agents create "drags" (28) running east-west along the desert?
5. Where did Jesus AKA Mendez live before coming to Sonora?
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