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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. When do most border crossings from Mexico take place?
(a) Border crossings do not take place at any particular time.
(b) Between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m.
(c) Between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
(d) Between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m.

2. What was historically significant about the group of men that Mike F. discovered?
(a) They were the first border crossing to be conducted without the help of organized crime.
(b) They were the first all-male border crossing in recorded history.
(c) They were the first border crossing to feature any survivors at all.
(d) They were part of the largest die-off in the history of the border's crossings.

3. Why were there few beans to eat in Veracruz in the early 2000s?
(a) A great fire had wiped out most of the bean shipments.
(b) Consumers in the United States drove bean prices to unreasonable levels.
(c) The pope had decreed that beans were improper according to Leviticus.
(d) The bean crops native to Mexico had gone extinct.

4. Urrea describes an apparition of a black head in the dirt as seen by an unnamed traveler; what did the black head do upon seeing the traveler?
(a) The black head warned him to leave.
(b) The black head screamed in terror.
(c) The black head begged for water.
(d) The black head laughed.

5. What country did the walkers immigrate to?
(a) Honduras.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Canada.
(d) The United States of America.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Urrea, what is the only thing Mexico does to prevent walkers from crossing the border in Sasabe?

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

3. What desert vegetation did the walkers try to eat for hydration?

4. Who was the recruiter for the Coyotes?

5. How did Nahum Landa know Reymundo Maruri?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Mike F.?

3. What is Desolation?

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

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

6. Who is Ken Smith?

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

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

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

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

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