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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many chapters across the U.S. did The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) have in the U.S.?
(a) 150.
(b) 125.
(c) A little over 200.
(d) At least 180.

4. In the mid-1980s, how many members of the sanctuary movement were in the U.S.?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 45,000.
(c) Close to 70,000.
(d) Around 100,000.

5. In 1980, how many more Haitians landed at American ports than in the 1970s?
(a) 18,000.
(b) About 30,000.
(c) 45,000.
(d) Close to 25,000

6. In 1980 in what city were all the nuns and priests said to be in league with the gurrillas?
(a) Las Vuletas.
(b) San Bartolo.
(c) El Paraiso.
(d) Chalatenango.

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

8. Eventually how much of El Salvador's population would be living in the U.S.?
(a) One eighth.
(b) One fifth.
(c) About a third.
(d) Almost a quarter.

9. How far was La Clinica, the clinic Romagoza helped run, from the White House?
(a) 5 miles.
(b) 2 1/2 miles.
(c) 3 miles.
(d) 1 1/2 miles.

10. In 1976, how long was Romagoz interred in Guatemala?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 10 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 6 months.

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

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

13. How old was Doris Meissner when she arrived in Washington, D.C.?
(a) 29.
(b) 30.
(c) 27.
(d) 28.

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

15. When did Joe Moakley, a Boston-based congressman, first hear about the plight of the Salvadorans?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1984.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Romagoz begin his medical studies at the University of El Slavador?

2. How many civilians were killed by El Savadoran State security force in 1980?

3. Where did Romagoza go after being in Los Angeles for three months?

4. Where was Eddie Anzora born?

5. When did the worst of the massacres occur in Guatemala?

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