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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. During the war years in Guatemala, what percent of crimes committed involved members of the military?

2. How old was Angelica Salas when her family first crossed the border from Mexico and was sent back?

3. How many inmates were housed at Zacatecoluca prison?

4. By the time Carmelina Cadena and her mother made it to Florida, how many Indigenous Maya were living in the state?

5. The first time Juan Orlando Hernandez won an election, how much money was stolen for his campaign from the country's health-care program?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Juliana Ramirez remember about her father's death?

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

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

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

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

6. What was the village like where Trump spoke on a Thursday morning in April 2016?

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

8. What business did Eddie start in 2016?

9. What were the government rules for how to treat immigrant children at the border?

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

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

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 3

The Arizona Sanctuary Movement provided shelter, food, and legal assistance to refugees, despite being illegal. Why did the sanctuary movement believe helping refugees was more important than any legal penalties they might receive?

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