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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nuns were kidnapped, raped, and murdered on December 2, 1980?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

2. In 1989, how much nonmilitary aid did Congress agree to give the Contras monthly until February 1990?
(a) $4.5 million.
(b) $2 million.
(c) $3.7 million.
(d) $1.4 million.

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

4. How long might Oscar Romero's Sunday sermons last?
(a) 2 1/2 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 1 1/2 hours.

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

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

7. How long did Romagoza have to work at the restaurant in Mexico in order to save money for his siblings and their families to escape El Salvador?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) A year.
(d) 30 months.

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

9. By 1976, oft he 500 immigration appllications the staff at Manzo Area Council processed, how many were successfully submitted?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Oscar Romero become the archbishop of San Salvador?

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

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

4. In 1991, how many Salvadorans and Guatemalans were allowed to remain in the U.S. and reapply for asylum?

5. What generic last name did Romagoza use when he first arrived in the U.S.?

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