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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Eddie Anzora when he and a fellow MCP tagger went up and down Melrose Avenue, covering everything they could with their initials?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

2. When did Jose Rosales give a signed and sworn affidavit to officials in San Mateo, California?
(a) Fall 1981.
(b) Summer 1981.
(c) Winter 1981.
(d) Spring 1981.

3. When did Oscar Romero become the archbishop of San Salvador?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1981.

4. By the early 1990s, how many gang-related killings made up all the homicides in Los Angeles County?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/4.

5. How many died in El Salvador on November 11, 1989, during the FMLN offensive?
(a) 27,000.
(b) 75,000.
(c) 43,000.
(d) 13,000.

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

7. How old was Juan Romagoza's daughter when he escaped his captors?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 5 months.

8. When did Vides Casanova arrive in Miami with an American visa?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1988.

9. When did El Salvadoran agricultural laborers stage an insurrection against the nation's coffee-growing elite?
(a) March 19, 1941.
(b) April 11, 1955.
(c) February 5, 1928.
(d) January 22, 1932.

10. In 1991, how many Spanish-speaking police officers were in D.C.?
(a) About 100.
(b) 82.
(c) Not quite 70.
(d) 35.

11. What career had Juan Romagoz planned to pursue before he became a doctor?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Priest.
(d) Politician.

12. In the summer of 1981, how many asylum applications Fife and Corbett filed with the INS were rejected?
(a) All.
(b) Half.
(c) One-third.
(d) Two-thirds.

13. When Fife became a coyote, what was the punishment for every "alien" (68) he helped cross the border?
(a) $3,000 fine and up to 2 years in prison.
(b) $5,000 fine and up to 8 years in prison.
(c) $1,000 fine and up to 3 years in prison.
(d) $2,000 fine and up to 5 years in prison.

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

15. What family address could Vides Casanova list on his application for an American green card?
(a) Palm Coast. Florida.
(b) Crescent Beach, Florida.
(c) Port Orange, Florida?
(d) Pensacola, Florida.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people involved in the Arizona sanctuary movement were indicted on January 14, 1985?

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

4. When did Joe Moakley, a Boston-based congressman, first hear about the plight of the Salvadorans?

5. Where was Eddie Anzora born?

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