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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many of Romagoza's siblings move to the U.S.?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. When Romagoza was taken to San Salvador and further tortured, where was he shot?
(a) Left forearm.
(b) Right forearm.
(c) Right thigh.
(d) Left thiigh.

4. When did a group of El Salvadorans attempt to reach the U.S. through the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument?
(a) September 15, 1980.
(b) June 11, 1980.
(c) August 23, 1980.
(d) July 4, 1980.

5. When did Romagoz begin his medical studies at the University of El Slavador?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1698.

6. When did federal officers raid the offices of the Manzo Area Council?
(a) January 1976.
(b) August 1976.
(c) July 1976.
(d) April 1976.

7. What cities declared in March 1985, that they were sanctuary jurisdictions?
(a) Olympia, Washington, and Portland, Oregan.
(b) Chicago, Berkeley, and Saint Paul.
(c) Cambridge and Madison.
(d) New York and Los Angeles.

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

9. When Romagoza was captured in 1980 at Chalatenango, how many days was he interrogated?
(a) 24.
(b) 18.
(c) 32.
(d) 11.

10. In 1984 how many troops did the Salvadoran military have boosted by $1 million from the U.S.?
(a) 12,000.
(b) 42,000.
(c) 24,200.
(d) 31,000.

11. What gang territory did Eddie Anzora live in?
(a) Triad.
(b) Bloods.
(c) Crips.
(d) Harpys.

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

13. In Chapter 12, when did 60 Minutes devote a segment to asylum?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1982.

14. In 1952, how much was United Fruit paying employees?
(a) 20 cents a day.
(b) 75 cents a day.
(c) 50 cents a day.
(d) 25 cents a day.

15. After police violence on August 1, 1988, in South Central Los Angeles, how many adults and children were left homeless?
(a) 10 adults and 12 children.
(b) 14 adults and 16 children.
(c) 15 adults and 14 children.
(d) 9 adults and 13 children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the minimum wage in Mexico City in the early 1970s?

2. Before the Refugee Act was passed in March of 1980, roughly how many asylum seekers arrived in the U.S. yearly?

3. When Alexander Haig became secretary of state under Reagan, what countries concerned him the most as related to the spread of communism?

4. How many nuns were kidnapped, raped, and murdered on December 2, 1980?

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

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