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

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

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

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

5. In 1984, how many Salvadorans and Guatemalan asylum seekers were being rejected?
(a) 70 and 73 percent.
(b) 98 and 99 percent.
(c) 50 and 58 percent.
(d) 80 and 84 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did El Salvadoran agricultural laborers stage an insurrection against the nation's coffee-growing elite?

2. When was John Fife introduced to the El Salvadoran crisis?

3. In 1980 in what city were all the nuns and priests said to be in league with the gurrillas?

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

5. When did a group of El Salvadorans attempt to reach the U.S. through the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the early 1960s, who controlled 90% of El Salvador's wealth?

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

3. Who was indicted in the Arizona sanctuary movement, and what were the charges?

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

5. How did Victoria Anzora support her family?

6. Who was Juan Romagoza?

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

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

9. What were three categories refugees could fall into?

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

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