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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 survived the massacre at El Mozote on December 11, 1981, led by Domingo Monterrosa?

2. By 1976, oft he 500 immigration appllications the staff at Manzo Area Council processed, how many were successfully submitted?

3. On April 21, 1980, how many Cubans did the boats the Dos Hermanos and Blanche III bring to Key West?

4. How old was Eddie Anzora when he and a fellow MCP tagger went up and down Melrose Avenue, covering everything they could with their initials?

5. In the Introduction, when did ten Honduran migrants meet to pray at the Solidarity 2000 housing complex?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did students like Juan Romagoza bring information to Archbishop Oscar Romero?

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

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. What permanent damage did Romagoza experience after his incarceration?

5. How did Romagoza escape his captors after being arrested?

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

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

8. What type of people were were coming to the U.S. from Cuba in 1980?

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

10. What was La Matanza?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. How does Blitzer’s use of metaphors and similes shape the reader’s understanding of events and experiences in Everyone Who Here Is Gone?

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