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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many survived the massacre at El Mozote on December 11, 1981, led by Domingo Monterrosa?
(a) 78.
(b) 52.
(c) 1.
(d) 16.

2. When did the worst of the massacres occur in Guatemala?
(a) 1981 and 1983.
(b) 1980 and 1982.
(c) 1979 and 1984.
(d) 1985 and 1990.

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

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

5. When Alexander Haig became secretary of state under Reagan, what countries concerned him the most as related to the spread of communism?
(a) Argentina and Uruguay.
(b) Nicaragua and El Salvador.
(c) Colombia and Venezuela.
(d) Guatemala and Honduras.

6. How many civilians were killed by El Savadoran State security force in 1980?
(a) 111.
(b) 281.
(c) 320.
(d) 159.

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

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

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

10. Where was Eddie Anzora born?
(a) Honduras.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Guatemala.
(d) El Salvador.

11. How old was Jose Rosales when he joined the army in 1970?
(a) 17.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

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

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

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

15. How much did Congress give Reagan in 1984 when he warned of the consequences of Communist subversion in Central America?
(a) $200 million.
(b) $100 million.
(c) $170 million.
(d) $115 million.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In 1952, how much was United Fruit paying employees?

4. Where was Ernesto (Satan) Deras's battalion in El Salvador trained by Americans?

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

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