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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. 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) Tulsa.
(c) Wellton.
(d) Tallahassee.

2. 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) A mysterious folkloric creature residing in the Devil's Highway.
(d) The code name for one of the walkers accompanying Mendez.

3. What term is used as a code name for indigenous peoples in the region?
(a) Walker.
(b) Migra.
(c) Coyote.
(d) Oaxaca.

4. What pop culture figure did Don Moi resemble to the "muchachos of Veracruz" (48)?
(a) James Bond.
(b) Robin Hood.
(c) Buggs Bunny.
(d) Don Draper.

5. According to Urrea, what is the only thing Mexico does to prevent walkers from crossing the border in Sasabe?
(a) They have posted a sign warning about the duplicity of the Coyotes.
(b) They have released retired but still-vicious police dogs to roam the area.
(c) They have dug a deep trench along the border and filled it with poison spikes.
(d) They have sub-contracted patrols to a distant U.S. Border Patrol outpost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is initially ascribed to all of the men who died on the journey described within the book?

2. With which of his family members did Reymundo Barreda Maruri Sr. travel?

3. What was historically significant about the group of men that Mike F. discovered?

4. Who was Toribio Romo?

5. What was the name of Don Moi's boss?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Urrea, how did Operation Gatekeeper change border crossings?

2. What techniques do Border Patrol signcutters use to locate walkers?

3. According to Urrea, what was the most scandalous item provided in the survival kits that the Mexican government created for walkers?

4. Who were the Wellton 26?

5. Who joined Reymundo Barreda Maruri Sr. on his journey?

6. How does Urrea characterize the relationship between Border Patrol agents and politicians?

7. Who is Mike F.?

8. What is Desolation?

9. Why were the walkers hoping to encounter Border Patrol agents, even though they were crossing without authorization?

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

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