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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What career had Juan Romagoz planned to pursue before he became a doctor?

2. How old was Doris Meissner when she arrived in Washington, D.C.?

3. In 1984, how many Salvadorans and Guatemalan asylum seekers were being rejected?

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

5. When did Vides Casanova arrive in Miami with an American visa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job did Romagoza take so he could work at La Clinica, and why did he carry his tools up and down stairs?

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

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

4. What was La Matanza?

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

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

7. What permanent damage did Romagoza experience after his incarceration?

8. How and why was Romagoza captured and tortured?

9. How did Laura, Romagoza's girlfriend, die, and what happened to their daughter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Before 1965, there was no formal refugee or asylum policy written in U.S. law. What immigration policies were put in place after that date, and how have policies changed over the years?

Essay Topic 2

A nonfiction narrator should be impartial and present an unbiased account of their subject matter. What qualities make a narrator reliable, and does Blitzer succeed in presenting an objective account of immigration?

Essay Topic 3

The U.S. began deporting many criminals and gang members to El Salvador and other Central American countries. How did U.S. immigration policies to deport criminals and gang members create challenges for Central American countries?

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