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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. When did Joe Moakley, a Boston-based congressman, first hear about the plight of the Salvadorans?

2. In the summer of 1981, how many asylum applications Fife and Corbett filed with the INS were rejected?

3. Where was Alfredo Cristiani, the head of the Alianza Republicana Nacionalists (ARENA), educated?

4. In 1981, what percent of the Guatemalan population was Indigenous Maya?

5. Eventually how much of El Salvador's population would be living in the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were three categories refugees could fall into?

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

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

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

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

7. Who was Juan Romagoza?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Everyone Who is Gone is Here highlights the motives that drove migrants to seek asylum, and the obstacles faced by them and by the United States as their destination. What factors caused so many migrants to seek asylum, and what challenges did both they and the U.S. encounter as a result?

Essay Topic 2

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is organized by chapters. How does Blitzer use the structure of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here to help organize and guide the flow of the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Keldy Mabel Gonzales Brebe de Zuniga was separated from her sons when she crossed the border because of the El Paso pilot program. In what ways did the El Paso pilot program use family separation as a deterrence strategy, and how are those methods revealed through Keldy’s experiences?

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