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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 10. The Long Walk - 14. Helicopters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Aztlan?
(a) The code name for one of the walkers accompanying Mendez.
(b) The traditional home of the Aztecs, said to be in the American Southwest.
(c) A well loved brand of Tejano beer.
(d) A mysterious folkloric creature residing in the Devil's Highway.

2. What did the walkers do after their Coyotes failed to return?
(a) They stayed put.
(b) They veered east.
(c) They pressed north.
(d) They returned south.

3. Who was responsible for making sure the walkers had water on the Devil's Highway?
(a) The walkers themselves.
(b) El Chespiro.
(c) The Coyotes.
(d) Don Moi.

4. How did Nahum Landa know Reymundo Maruri?
(a) Nahum worked in Reymundo's factory.
(b) They were brothers-in-law.
(c) They were on the same baseball team.
(d) They once played opposite each other in a battle of the bands.

5. What happened to the walkers right after they ran into the desert at Bluebird Pass?
(a) They got caught in the rain.
(b) They fell asleep early.
(c) They were captured by Border Patrol.
(d) They were shot at by a rogue Border Patrol agent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Urrea suggest it was unlikely that Border Patrol agents were responsible for the lights at Bluebird Pass?

2. Which of the Coyotes was first to run out of water?

3. According to Urrea, what do Coyotes typically do before abandoning their walkers to die?

4. What is Hotel Rio Colorado?

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

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