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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the fall of 1981, how much money did the National Security Council agree to give in economic aid to governments in Central America and the Caribbean?
(a) $500 million.
(b) $100 million.
(c) $300 million.
(d) $400 million.

2. By the early 1990s, how many gang-related killings made up all the homicides in Los Angeles County?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 2/3.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 1/2.

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) A little over 200.
(b) 125.
(c) At least 180.
(d) 150.

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

5. When did Oscar Romero become the archbishop of San Salvador?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1992.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1981, what percent of the Guatemalan population was Indigenous Maya?

3. When did basketball star, Len Bias, died of a cocaine overdose?

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

5. When did a different population from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, begin traveling to the U.S. to seek asylum?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of people were were coming to the U.S. from Cuba in 1980?

2. How did Eddie Anzora and his family come to the U.S.?

3. Why did Hutchison not help Nicaraguan men who had fled their country?

4. What were three categories refugees could fall into?

5. How did Romagoza become active in the San Francisco sanctuary movement?

6. Why did students like Juan Romagoza bring information to Archbishop Oscar Romero?

7. How did the population of Salvadorans living in Los Angeles and U.S. change during the Salvadoran civil war?

8. Why did Romagoza credit Romero with restoring his belief in God?

9. How and why was Romagoza captured and tortured?

10. How did Romagoza escape his captors after being arrested?

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