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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By the late 1990s, what percent of all the cocaine that reached the U.S. passed through Guatemala?
(a) 75%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 90%.

3. Of the 10,000 Guatemalans who reached the U.S. between 1983 and 1986, how many asylum petitions were granted?
(a) 380.
(b) 140.
(c) 569.
(d) 14.

4. After 12 years of fighting in El Salvador, what percent of civilians who had survived the civil war lived in the U.S.?
(a) 20%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 15%.

5. When was John Fife introduced to the El Salvadoran crisis?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1979.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did federal officers raid the offices of the Manzo Area Council?

2. What gang territory did Eddie Anzora live in?

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

4. How far was La Clinica, the clinic Romagoza helped run, from the White House?

5. In 1981, what percent of the Guatemalan population was Indigenous Maya?

(see the answer key)

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