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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On April 21, 1980, how many Cubans did the boats the Dos Hermanos and Blanche III bring to Key West?
(a) 51.
(b) 57.
(c) 48.
(d) 64.

2. In the mid-1980s, how many members of the sanctuary movement were in the U.S.?
(a) 25,000.
(b) Close to 70,000.
(c) Around 100,000.
(d) 45,000.

3. In 1984, how many Salvadorans and Guatemalan asylum seekers were being rejected?
(a) 70 and 73 percent.
(b) 50 and 58 percent.
(c) 98 and 99 percent.
(d) 80 and 84 percent.

4. Where was Eddie Anzora born?
(a) Mexico.
(b) El Salvador.
(c) Honduras.
(d) Guatemala.

5. Of the Cubans who came to the U.S. in 1980, about how many had criminal records?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 65,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1984 how many troops did the Salvadoran military have boosted by $1 million from the U.S.?

2. In the fall of 1981, how much money did the National Security Council agree to give in economic aid to governments in Central America and the Caribbean?

3. When did Oscar Romero become the archbishop of San Salvador?

4. When did basketball star, Len Bias, died of a cocaine overdose?

5. After police violence on August 1, 1988, in South Central Los Angeles, how many adults and children were left homeless?

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