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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 was homicide investigator Jose Merida Escobar gunned down and shot four times in the face?
(a) June 1991.
(b) December 1990.
(c) November 1990.
(d) August 1991.

2. Who became the head of ICE in January 2017?
(a) Ronald Vitiello.
(b) Thomas Homan.
(c) Michael J. Garcia.
(d) John T. Morton.

3. By April 2018, how long had Keldy been in detention?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 5 months.

4. Where did Keldy and Mino live in the U.S. before 2010?
(a) Denver.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Des Moines.
(d) Fort Wayne.

5. Of the 10,000 Guatemalans who reached the U.S. between 1983 and 1986, how many asylum petitions were granted?
(a) 14.
(b) 140.
(c) 380.
(d) 569.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the time Carmelina Cadena and her mother made it to Florida, how many Indigenous Maya were living in the state?

2. After 12 years of fighting in El Salvador, what percent of civilians who had survived the civil war lived in the U.S.?

3. When did a group of Democrats called the Gang of Eight warn Obama to keep his disstance as an immigration deal made its way in the Senate and House?

4. Where was Marcelo Lucero, a 37-year-old who had been murdered by teens in 2008, from?

5. While MS-13's annual revenue was $30 million, what did its members make on average in a month?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of evidence might be used to determine if a high school student was a gang member?

2. What happened when Trump signed a travel ban after taking office?

3. How did Elena Sandoval escape from her ex-boyfriend, Carlos?

4. How and why was Eddie Anzora arrested in 1997?

5. What was the result of the trial against Generals Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova and Jose Guillermo Garcia?

6. What was the INS reform agenda as lead by Doris Meissner in 1993?

7. What did a deportation officer want Keldy to sign after she lost her asylum case?

8. What became an unofficial policy regarding immigrant families crossing the border in 2017 and why?

9. What job had Juan Romagoza dreamed of having since medical school, and how did he finally get that job?

10. Who was Jeff Sessions, and how did he contribute to Trump's campaign for president?

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