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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many islands comprise the Philippines?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 9,000.
(d) 7,000.

2. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 2?
(a) "Campaign 2008."
(b) "Facing Myself."
(c) "Lawyers."
(d) "Home."

3. How many people attended the author's thirtieth birthday party?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

4. Who was Rich Fischer's longtime assistant?
(a) Kathleen Brown.
(b) Rufus Jeffris.
(c) Mary Moore.
(d) Karen Keefer.

5. Who was the editor of The New Yorker that was uninterested in publishing the author's essay on coming out as an undocumented immigrant?
(a) Len Downie.
(b) Don Graham.
(c) Peter Baker.
(d) David Remnick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the author's social studies teacher when the O.J. Simpson verdict came out?

2. Who was the venture capitalist that created the scholarship program that allowed the author to attend college?

3. What California ballot initiative sought to ban "illegal" people from using public services in 1994?

4. Approximately how much money does the state of California collect in taxes from undocumented immigrants?

5. By what name did the author call his grandmother as a child?

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