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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 gang territory did Eddie Anzora live in?

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

3. When did Jose Rosales give a signed and sworn affidavit to officials in San Mateo, California?

4. In 1980, how many more Haitians landed at American ports than in the 1970s?

5. What disease did Corbett have that caused poor health and pain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who was Juan Romagoza?

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

9. How did Romero die?

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

Cecilia Muñoz was an immigration activist before she worked in the Obama White House. How did she have to find a balance between advocacy and politics?

Essay Topic 3

Myrna Mack Chang was an anthropologist who studied displaced indigenous peoples. Why was Myrna murdered?

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