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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. Where were the Yuma 14 sent after their bodies were collected?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Texas.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Arizona.

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

3. What is Hotel Rio Colorado?
(a) A well-beloved and high-class chain of Mexican hotels.
(b) A "mecca" (80) of civilization lying between several different locations.
(c) A sarcastic term for a field of skeletons on the Devil's Highway.
(d) A fictional place from a popular but haunting Mexican ballad.

4. 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 dug a deep trench along the border and filled it with poison spikes.
(c) They have posted a sign warning about the duplicity of the Coyotes.
(d) They have sub-contracted patrols to a distant U.S. Border Patrol outpost.

5. Why was the sign reading, "USA Prohibido!" (57) confusing to Spanish-speakers?
(a) The sign's color scheme was difficult to read.
(b) "Usa" in Spanish means "to use," and does not connote "The United States of America."
(c) The sign was blown upside-down after a bad storm.
(d) The sign was decorated with an inexplicable painting of a crab.

Short Answer Questions

1. The men stumbling out of the mountains in the book's introduction suffered from a medical condition; what was it?

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

3. Where did Jesus AKA Mendez live before coming to Sonora?

4. Who was Toribio Romo?

5. What was the name of the supervisory officer in Wellton station at the time of the book's events?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who oversaw the human smuggling operation that led the Yuma 14 into the desert?

4. Who was Don Moi?

5. What were economic conditions like when the Yuma 14 lived in Veracruz?

6. What is Desolation?

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

8. Who was Melchior Diaz?

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

10. Who is Mike F.?

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