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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. How many people involved in the Arizona sanctuary movement were indicted on January 14, 1985?

2. When Romagoza was taken to San Salvador and further tortured, where was he shot?

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

4. How much did Congress give Reagan in 1984 when he warned of the consequences of Communist subversion in Central America?

5. Of the Cubans who came to the U.S. in 1980, about how many had criminal records?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How and why was Romagoza captured and tortured?

3. Who was Ramon Dagoberto Quinones, and what role did he play in helping Salvadorans?

4. Who prompted Romagoza to file for asyum and why?

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

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

7. Who was Juan Romagoza?

8. What was La Matanza?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eddie Anzora was a Salvadoran immigrant who was brought to the U.S. as a child to escape violence in his home country. Romagoza was a Salvadoran doctor who was brutally tortured, leaving him with permanent injuries. How did El Salvador’s civil war and its aftermath shape the lives and choices of both Eddie and Romagoza?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The migrant population changed from Mexican men seeking work to refugees fleeing their home countries. Why were refugees fleeing from El Salvador and Guatemala and seeking asylum in the U.S?

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