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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. Between October 2013 and September 2014, how many children arrived unaccompanied at the border?

2. Where did Keldy and Mino live in the U.S. before 2010?

3. How many years and how much in legal expenses did it take to convict one of the military officers involved in Myrna Mack Chang's murder?

4. In 2017, how many Haitians lost temporary protected status even though the lived in the U.S. since a 2010 earthquake?

5. Where was Keldy's husband, Mino working in 2016?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Mack family come to live in Guatemala?

2. Who was Jeff Sessions, and how did he contribute to Trump's campaign for president?

3. Why did the elections in Honduras need to be a success story in 2017?

4. What happened when Trump signed a travel ban after taking office?

5. What job had Juan Romagoza dreamed of having since medical school, and how did he finally get that job?

6. How did Elena Sandoval escape from her ex-boyfriend, Carlos?

7. What did a deportation officer want Keldy to sign after she lost her asylum case?

8. How did the 1996 immigration law trap undocumented immigrants in the U.S.?

9. What type of evidence might be used to determine if a high school student was a gang member?

10. What was the result of the Myrna Mack murder trial?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jonathan Blitzer is a journalist and a writer who has won numerous awards for his writing. He is also a staff writer at The New Yorker. How and why did Blitzer write Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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