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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. Who got Mendez started working as a guide?
(a) Mike F.
(b) His friend, Rodrigo Maradona.
(c) Don Moi.
(d) Reymundo Maruri Sr.

2. Who was Jesus AKA Mendez AKA Rooster Boy?
(a) A walker.
(b) A Coyote.
(c) The third Cercas brother.
(d) A rogue Border Patrol agent.

3. What was the first white man who died on the Devil's Highway doing when he passed?
(a) Trying to kill a dog.
(b) Riding a dangerous horse.
(c) Fighting a local soldier.
(d) Wandering the desert.

4. Which of the following groups is NOT included in the list of people who mock or dislike Border Patrol agents?
(a) Conservatives.
(b) Law Enforcement Officers.
(c) Liberals.
(d) Civilians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the work of Coyotes gendered in banda subculture?

2. How many dead men did Border Patrol agents discover during their banzai run?

3. When do most border crossings from Mexico take place?

4. What is the official name of the case regarding the journey that led the Yuma 14 to their deaths?

5. What country did the walkers leave during their border crossing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Don Moi?

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

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

7. What is Desolation?

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

9. Who is Mike F.?

10. To whom does the term "Coyotes" refer?

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