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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the early 1980s, how many Mayans fled from Guatemala to Mexico and the United States?
(a) About 500,000.
(b) 750,000.
(c) More than a million.
(d) 300,000.

2. Where was Marcelo Lucero, a 37-year-old who had been murdered by teens in 2008, from?
(a) Guatemala.
(b) Honduras.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) El Salvador.

3. After 12 years of fighting in El Salvador, what percent of civilians who had survived the civil war lived in the U.S.?
(a) 25%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 20%.

4. How many members of MS-13 were charged wit the murders of Nisa Mickens and Kayla Cuevas in September 2016?
(a) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 8.

5. When did the El Salvadoran war officially end in a ceremony in Mexico City?
(a) March 15, 1992.
(b) February 22, 1992.
(c) January 16, 1992.
(d) April 30, 1992.

6. When did Meissner issue enforcement guidelines to allow agents to exercise limited discretion in deciding which immigrants to pursue?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2001.

7. What percent of Guatemala did the western highlands cover?
(a) 39.
(b) Not quite 30.
(c) 28.
(d) Roughly 20.

8. When children began arriving alone from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, how much did the U.S. government spend on a program to house and process them?
(a) $1.3 billion.
(b) $280 million.
(c) $2 billion.
(d) $175 million.

9. Between May and September 2018, how many children did the government plan to separate from their parents at the border?
(a) 9,800.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 26,000.
(d) 1,500.

10. Hold old was Romagoza when he was diagnosed with colon cancer?
(a) 56.
(b) 55.
(c) 57.
(d) 58.

11. In 1992, according to the police, how many of the looters who were arrested were Latino?
(a) 48%.
(b) 39%.
(c) 76%.
(d) 61%.

12. When was Eddie accosted at a pupusa stand while drinking hot chocolate?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2017.
(c) 2014.
(d) 2015.

13. How long was Elena Sandoval held captive by her ex-boyfriend, Carlos?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 4 weeks.

14. In 1994 when Newt Gingrick became Speaker of the House, how long had it been since the Republicans had held a House majority?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 35 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 40 years.

15. Where was Keldy's husband, Mino working in 2016?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Texas.
(c) California.
(d) Arizona.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became the head of ICE in January 2017?

2. On September 11, 1990, how many times was Myrna Chang stabbed to death?

3. How many years and how much in legal expenses did it take to convict one of the military officers involved in Myrna Mack Chang's murder?

4. Between 2013 and 2017, what percent of the time did immigration judges in El Paso grant asylum?

5. When did Eddie Anzora marry?

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