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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. 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?

2. When was homicide investigator Jose Merida Escobar gunned down and shot four times in the face?

3. On June 28, 2007, how many immigrants would receive legal status if the U.S. Senate voted for a comprehensive immigration reform bill?

4. By the mid-1990s, how many members did ATR, Eddie Anzora's tagging gang, have?

5. In 2018, what deadlines were set for the administration to reunite immigrant children with their parents?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. How and why was Eddie Anzora arrested in 1997?

9. What business did Eddie start in 2016?

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

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 2

MS-13 became “public enemy number one” (331). What unintended consequences did ordinary immigrants experience when the U.S. government began to crackdown on MS-13 and other gang members?

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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