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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. To what did Mendez allegedly attribute the strange lights at Bluebird Pass?
(a) Civilian border militias.
(b) Border Patrol cars.
(c) An oncoming train.
(d) UFOs.

2. How much water did Mendez share with the walkers?
(a) None at all.
(b) One or two bottles.
(c) Several gallons.
(d) A few drops each.

3. What is the first stage of hyperthermia?
(a) Heat stress.
(b) Heat death.
(c) Heat Syncope.
(d) Heat Stroke.

4. Why did men start tossing away their belongings during their walk?
(a) To attract attention from Border Patrol.
(b) To celebrate their passage into America.
(c) Out of despair.
(d) They dropped their items accidentally.

5. Why does Urrea dismiss the possibility that the lights came from a "rogue" Border Patrol agent?
(a) A "rogue" Border Patrol agent would have been found out by Wellton station long before he got a job.
(b) There are no "rogue" Border Patrol agents to begin with.
(c) A "rogue" agent would know that the men could eventually be found.
(d) A "rogue" Border Patrol agent would have more fun attacking the men more directly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the walkers evade the Border Patrol's drag system the first time Mendez crossed the Devil's Highway?

2. How did Mendez respond to hearing that some of the walkers had fallen?

3. Why did the men travel so slowly up the sandy desert hills?

4. What size of group was considered a "magic number" for Coyotes?

5. Why did the walkers spend more time in the desert sun than other people making the trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the expedition led by Santos?

2. What geographical feature did Mendez get lost in, as if it were a maze?

3. Why did the Border Patrol agents fail to recognize Mendez?

4. How does Urrea explain the low quality of budget border motels?

5. How did Maradona change the Coyotes' plans at the last minute?

6. How did getting lost affect the walkers' opinion of the human smugglers?

7. Why did the Cercas gang like working with brothers?

8. What disrupted the walkers' plans at Bluebird Pass?

9. Why did Reymundo Sr. tear up his American money?

10. What did Mendez do to upset Rafael Temich?

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