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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many watering holes did Mendez miss while traveling through Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

2. What asset helped Mendez maintain control of the group?
(a) His experience.
(b) His seniority.
(c) His sense of style.
(d) His large physique.

3. What reason did the remaining two Coyotes give for leaving the group?
(a) They were going to get water.
(b) They did not want to slow the walkers down.
(c) They were tired of listening to the walkers complain.
(d) They wanted to cover more ground.

4. What time did the men say it was when they met with Mendez?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Mid day.
(c) Evening.
(d) Midnight.

5. How much money did the Coyotes collect?
(a) The text is unclear and gives different amounts.
(b) No money.
(c) 100 dollars.
(d) 100 pesos.

6. What failed attempt did the men make to signal for help the night after their Coyotes left?
(a) They started a giant bonfire.
(b) They made a human pyramid so that Border Patrol cars could spot them.
(c) They made a giant pile of rocks.
(d) They laid out to spell the word "Help" for passing planes.

7. How did the walkers feel about the Coyote who wanted the group to change its plan?
(a) They did not respect him.
(b) He brightened their lives.
(c) They feared him.
(d) They felt empathy for his tragic life.

8. How did the walkers evade the Border Patrol's drag system the first time Mendez crossed the Devil's Highway?
(a) They kept to the high ground.
(b) They wore foam shoes.
(c) They covered their tracks with brush.
(d) They walked backwards to make their tracks confusing.

9. Who was the "little fat man" (85) that joined Mendez on the walk through the Devil's Highway?
(a) El Chespiro.
(b) Lauro.
(c) Santos.
(d) Don Moi.

10. Why did the walkers spend more time in the desert sun than other people making the trip?
(a) Solar winds delayed the sunset by a few hours.
(b) Mendez had a deep passion for long, desert walks.
(c) They accidentally started their trip during daylight savings time.
(d) They had arrived at the big rock early, when there was more daylight left before sunset.

11. What structure did the walkers have to cross to get into America?
(a) A giant moat.
(b) A collapsed barbed-wire fence.
(c) A twenty-foot wall.
(d) A highly-guarded tunnel.

12. According to the notes of U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton, what did the walkers consume to survive after they were abandoned by the Coyotes?
(a) Cactus and urine.
(b) Lizards and sweat.
(c) Food and water.
(d) Creosote and mud.

13. How long were the walkers told to wait for their Coyotes?
(a) One week.
(b) Fifteen minutes.
(c) Three days.
(d) Five hours.

14. What did the signcutters call Mendez after they read his tracks near Bluebird Pass?
(a) "Renegade."
(b) "Asshole."
(c) "Genius."
(d) "Hero."

15. What did the two remaining Coyotes take from the walkers before leaving?
(a) Their pesos.
(b) The rest of their water.
(c) Their shoes.
(d) Their dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died in Reymundo Sr.'s arms?

2. Why did the men travel so slowly up the sandy desert hills?

3. How did the Coyotes communicate privately with each other?

4. Whose idea was it for the remaining Coyotes to go their separate way?

5. Which Coyote wanted the group to change its plans once it became clear they were lost?

(see the answer keys)

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