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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many dead men did Border Patrol agents discover during their banzai run?
(a) 4.
(b) 30.
(c) 0.
(d) 14.

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

3. What animal did Mendez have tattooed on his arm?
(a) A goat.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A snake.
(d) A rooster.

4. What is Aztlan?
(a) A well loved brand of Tejano beer.
(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 mysterious folkloric creature residing in the Devil's Highway.

5. How did Nahum Landa know Reymundo Maruri?
(a) Nahum worked in Reymundo's factory.
(b) They once played opposite each other in a battle of the bands.
(c) They were brothers-in-law.
(d) They were on the same baseball team.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "OTM" stand for when used by Border Patrol agents?

2. What name does Urrea use for the Border Patrol agent who discovered the walkers?

3. What sort of bullets do Wellton Border Patrol agents carry?

4. What collapsing commodity most damaged the economy of Veracruz?

5. Why did the Mexican government stop distributing survival kits for border crossers?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Urrea, what is the most sensible interpretation of the sign "USA Prohibido!" for Spanish-speakers?

2. Who were the Yuma 14?

3. What condition were the bodies of the Yuma 14 in when they were found?

4. Why do some guides feed their walkers diet pills?

5. Who were the Wellton 26?

6. What is Desolation?

7. Who was Melchior Diaz?

8. Who was the man that Border Patrol agents referred to as "Rooster Boy"?

9. What is done with the dead at the consulate building before they are prepared for burial?

10. From what state did most of the Yuma 14 come?

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