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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. In the mid-1980s, how many members of the sanctuary movement were in the U.S.?

2. How many civilians were killed by El Savadoran State security force in 1980?

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

4. In the spring of 1981 how many people were estimated to be living in the U.S. without legal documentation?

5. What cities declared in March 1985, that they were sanctuary jurisdictions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were three categories refugees could fall into?

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

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

4. How and why was Romagoza captured and tortured?

5. How did Victoria Anzora support her family?

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

7. What raids were conducted by Colonel Domingo Monterrosa in December 1981?

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

9. Why did Hutchison not help Nicaraguan men who had fled their country?

10. How did Romagoza escape from smugglers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here when relating conversations or information? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand people, emotions, events, or ideas?

Essay Topic 2

An epiphany is a realization that can be enlightening and help solve a situation or problem. What epiphanies did Cecilia Munoz and Keldy Mabel Gonzales Brebe de Zuniga experience, and what changes did they make because of those epiphanies?

Essay Topic 3

The Chicago Religious Task Force was established in 1980 in response to the murders of four church women in El Salvador. Compare and contrast the Chicago Religious Task Force and the immigration operation in Arizona, and explain why conflict arose between the groups.

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