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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. According to Urrea, what do Coyotes typically do before abandoning their walkers to die?
(a) Collect cash.
(b) Order their walkers to go to sleep.
(c) Convince their walkers to give up.
(d) Lead their walkers in prayer.

2. How many men decided to join the Coyote who advocated for a change of plans?
(a) 3 or 5.
(b) All of them.
(c) Half of them.
(d) None of them.

3. What failed attempt did the men make to signal for help the night after their Coyotes left?
(a) They started a giant bonfire.
(b) They made a human pyramid so that Border Patrol cars could spot them.
(c) They made a giant pile of rocks.
(d) They laid out to spell the word "Help" for passing planes.

4. What physical abnormality influenced Mendez's course through the desert?
(a) His left leg had less thrust than his right.
(b) He had trouble seeing through one eye.
(c) His ears were very large, so he preferred to stay low, away from the wind.
(d) He had a low center of gravity, so preferred to stick to high ground.

5. Whose idea was it for the remaining Coyotes to go their separate way?
(a) It was Don Moi's idea.
(b) It was Chespiro's idea.
(c) It was Santos's idea.
(d) The text is unclear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Urrea dismiss the possibility that the lights came from a "rogue" Border Patrol agent?

2. What is the first stage of hyperthermia?

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

4. What was unfamiliar about the place names Jesus encountered in Sonoita?

5. What sign of civilization did the walkers find before meeting Mike F.?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why were officials skeptical when Mendez claimed that he planned to return for the walkers?

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

4. What failed attempt did the walkers make to save themselves the night after they were abandoned?

5. What did Mendez do to upset Rafael Temich?

6. What happens to the expedition led by Santos?

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

8. What mistake did the Coyotes make when the men arrived at the big rock?

9. What are the toilets of budget border motels incapable of doing?

10. What caused the group to break apart after they pressed on without Mendez?

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