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How well do you know Marco Rubio? Take the quiz.
If elected president, Sen. Marco Rubio (R) of Florida would be the first Cuban American president and one of the youngest people ever elected to the Oval Office. How much do you know about this 2016 presidential hopeful?
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Husna Haq Correspondent
1. Rubio often talks about his modest roots. Where was he born?
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In Cuba, to parents who eventually fled the Castro regime as political exiles |
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In Miami, Florida, to Cuban immigrant parents |
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In Canada, where his father worked as a bartender and his mother in hospitality |
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In Houston, Texas, one of four children born to illegal Mexican immigrants |
