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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Ernesto (Satan) Deras's battalion in El Salvador trained by Americans?
(a) Fort Rucker.
(b) Fort Riley.
(c) Fort Bragg.
(d) Fort Benning.

2. In 1981, what percent of the Guatemalan population was Indigenous Maya?
(a) 75.
(b) 60.
(c) 45.
(d) 55.

3. When Barack Obama took office in 2009, how many asylum cases were in backlog?
(a) 1.5 million.
(b) Quarter of a million.
(c) Half a million.
(d) 2 million.

4. 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) 45,000.
(d) Around 100,000.

5. Where was Alfredo Cristiani, the head of the Alianza Republicana Nacionalists (ARENA), educated?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Berkley.
(c) Georgetown.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long might Oscar Romero's Sunday sermons last?

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

3. When was John Fife introduced to the El Salvadoran crisis?

4. In 1991, how many Salvadorans and Guatemalans were allowed to remain in the U.S. and reapply for asylum?

5. What career had Juan Romagoz planned to pursue before he became a doctor?

(see the answer key)

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