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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What became of the group that left the main group with one of the Coyotes once it became clear they were lost?
(a) They made it safely to Mexico.
(b) They were never heard from again.
(c) They found help for everyone else.
(d) They made it safely to America.

2. What does Maradona do that surprised Mendez on the morning of his journey with the Yuma 14?
(a) He bought Mendez a nice pair of shoes.
(b) He disappeared.
(c) He jumped from a closet.
(d) He called Mendez a loser.

3. Which of the walkers had the most American money with him?
(a) Nahum Landa.
(b) Reymundo Sr.
(c) Reymundo Jr.
(d) Rafael Temich.

4. Which of the men does Urrea describe as the "grandpa" of the group?
(a) Nahum Landa.
(b) Santos.
(c) Reymundo Sr.
(d) Mendez.

5. Why did the men travel so slowly up the sandy desert hills?
(a) They slid back half a step for every step they took.
(b) Mendez plied them with alcohol right before they reached the hill.
(c) The wind blew so hard it took all their might to press forth.
(d) They needed to walk carefully to avoid making tracks.

6. 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) Creosote and mud.
(b) Food and water.
(c) Cactus and urine.
(d) Lizards and sweat.

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

8. Who was responsible for making sure the walkers had water on the Devil's Highway?
(a) Don Moi.
(b) El Chespiro.
(c) The walkers themselves.
(d) The Coyotes.

9. Why does Urrea dismiss the possibility that the lights came from a "rogue" Border Patrol agent?
(a) There are no "rogue" Border Patrol agents to begin with.
(b) A "rogue" agent would know that the men could eventually be found.
(c) A "rogue" Border Patrol agent would have more fun attacking the men more directly.
(d) A "rogue" Border Patrol agent would have been found out by Wellton station long before he got a job.

10. What is the first stage of hyperthermia?
(a) Heat stress.
(b) Heat Stroke.
(c) Heat Syncope.
(d) Heat death.

11. What alternate plan did one of the Coyotes suggest after it became clear they were lost?
(a) Go back to Mexico.
(b) Make a human pyramid to better spot Border Patrol.
(c) Start a bonfire to get help.
(d) Lay down and accept the inevitability of death.

12. How did the brothers Isidro and Mario Gonzalez Manzano rehydrate to survive?
(a) They found some cactus.
(b) They fond an abandoned cooler full of pepsi.
(c) They did not, and died of dehydration.
(d) They found a small stream.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Mendez after the last two Coyotes abandoned the walkers?

2. What cardinal direction was the direction of death in the ancient beliefs held by some of the men from Veracruz?

3. What physical abnormality influenced Mendez's course through the desert?

4. Who was the "bad-toothed scrapper" (85) that joined Mendez on the walk through the Devil's Highway?

5. What city did the walkers start their walk from?

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