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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Coyotes sometimes feed diet pills to walkers?

2. What was carried by the apparition of a white woman who appeared before the warriors of the O'Odham in 1699?

3. Why was the sign reading, "USA Prohibido!" (57) confusing to Spanish-speakers?

4. Why were there few beans to eat in Veracruz in the early 2000s?

5. What was the nationality of the first group of undocumented immigrants hunted by American Border Patrol in the 1880s?

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. Why do some guides feed their walkers diet pills?

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

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

5. Who was Melchior Diaz?

6. Who was Don Moi?

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

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

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

10. Who is Mike F.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the central subjects in the Devil's Highway have some level of involvement with organized crime and Urrea devotes significant space to describing their culture and methods. Write an essay analyzing the cultural codes and common practices of the gangsters described within the book, using evidence from the text to explain how these codes and practices ultimately led to the death of the Yuma 14.

Essay Topic 2

High rates of immigration can bring demographic change, revealing ethnic tensions. Write an essay exploring Urrea's rhetoric regarding race and ethnicity, tracing the relationship between racial attitudes and immigration policy.

Essay Topic 3

The main text of The Devil's Highway was published in 2004. The text of the afterword was published in 2014, allowing Urrea to reflect on the book's impact and the historical development of its subject matter. Choose one claim that Urrea makes about the trajectory of immigration politics. Use independent research and evidence from the text to support, dispute, or modify Urrea's claim.

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