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Voices from Mariel Chapter 1 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The event that triggered the Mariel Boatlift was .......

a)

The missile crisis

b)

the Bay of Pigs invasion

c)

the missile crisis

d)

the Peruvian embassy invasion

2.

How many Cubans entered the Embassy at first?

a)

forty three

b)

Twenty one

c)

Six

d)

One hundred thousand

3.

Fidel Castro declared Cuba a socialist state in this year.

a)

1959

b)

1980

c)

1961

d)

1979

4.

The Bay of Pigs invasion took place in ........

a)

1977

b)

1980

c)

1961

d)

1979

5.

The Cuban Missile Crisis took place in ....

a)

1973

b)

1959

c)

1961

d)

1962

6.

Cuban Americans allowed to

to return to Cuba in this year.

a)

1977

b)

1978

c)

1979

d)

1980

7.

This character felt cheated when the Cuban returned to the island.

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Carlos Morales

c)

Luis de la Pax

d)

President Carter

8.

To punish the Peruvian government, at first Fidel Castro .....

a)

allowed his soldiers to walk in the embassy

b)

Took the guards away from the embassy

c)

Arrested the people inside the embassy

d)

Began arresting its own people outside the embassy

9.

Approximately this many people entered the Peruvian embassy within 48 hours.

a)

Eleven thousand

b)

Nine thousand

c)

One hundred thousand

d)

Fifteen hundred

10.

To portray a negative image of the refugees inside the embassy, the Cuban government did this.

a)

Kept the media out

b)

distributed little food

c)

Organized pro government demonstrations

d)

Sent it’s own agents

11.

Fidel Castro announces that he will open the Mariel Port on this day

a)

April 1

b)

June 4th

c)

April 20th

d)

October 16th

12.

The acts of repudiation were .............. for or against the people leaving the country.

a)

political marches

b)

violent attacks

c)

hunger strikes

d)

peaceful demonstrations

13.

These countries offered to take the refugees inside the embassy.

a)

The Unites States, Spain, Peru and Costa Rica

b)

The Unites States, Mexico, Spain and Chile

c)

Spain, Argentina, the United States and Argentina

d)

Hunduras, Colombia, the United States and Venezuela

14.

The Cuban government took advantage of the Mariel crisis and began sending ............... among the refugees in the ships arriving in Key West.

a)

common criminals

b)

political prisoners

c)

average dissidents

d)

young children

15.

Most Mariel boatlift refugees were ................ that had been born or raised with the Cuban revolution.

a)

young people

b)

average Cuban citizens

c)

average revolutionaries

d)

so called "worms"

16.

Most of the boats leaving the Mariel Port .......

a)

were almost empty

b)

sank in the ocean

c)

were overloaded

d)

were very efficient

17.

The president of the United States during the Mariel boatlift crisis was,,,,,,,,,,,,

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Jimmy Carter

18.

When the Mariel Boatlift ended, approximately .............Cubans had arrived in the United States

a)

100,000

b)

125,000

c)

10,856

d)

50,000

19.

When the fist Cubans entered the embassy, the Peruvian diplomats decided to ..............

a)

provide refuge

b)

return them

c)

arrest them

d)

reject them

20.

The American media helped spread the .................. of .the Mariel boatlift refugees.

a)

negative image

b)

positive image

c)

neutral image

d)

real image