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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. Where was Keldy's sister working when Keldy crossed the border with Erick and Patrick?

2. After Obama entered the White Huse, how many immigrants were being deported daily?

3. In the early 1980s, how many Mayans fled from Guatemala to Mexico and the United States?

4. How much of the vote did Mauricio Funes win in March 2009 for president of El Salvador?

5. What vehicle did Eddie buy when he was released from the Juvenile Camp Louis Routh in 1995?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the INS reform agenda as lead by Doris Meissner in 1993?

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

3. Why were Guatemalans who came to the U.S. often dismissed as economic migrants?

4. What was it like for Eddie Anzora when he and his brother arrived in El Salvador?

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

6. What devastation was caused by Hurricane Mitch in Honduras?

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

8. In Chapter 30, why did the Salvadoran government plead with the U. S. ambassador and officials at the State Department to slow deportations or institute screening?

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

10. What was the result of the trial against Generals Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova and Jose Guillermo Garcia?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Before 1965, there was no formal refugee or asylum policy written in U.S. law. What immigration policies were put in place after that date, and how have policies changed over the years?

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