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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the minimum wage in Mexico City in the early 1970s?
(a) $4 a day.
(b) $5 a day.
(c) $6 a day.
(d) $3 a day.

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

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

4. How old was Romagoz's grandfather when he died of a heart attack?
(a) 61.
(b) 52.
(c) 68.
(d) 54.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Doris Meissner when she arrived in Washington, D.C.?

2. How long did Romagoza have to work at the restaurant in Mexico in order to save money for his siblings and their families to escape El Salvador?

3. In the spring of 1981 how many people were estimated to be living in the U.S. without legal documentation?

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

5. When did Vides Casanova arrive in Miami with an American visa?

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