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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old did the author say his mother would turn this year in Part 3, Chapter 12?
(a) 59.
(b) 66.
(c) 72.
(d) 61.

2. Who is the journalist and conservative commentator that Jake married?
(a) Mary Moore.
(b) Kathleen Brown.
(c) Karen Keefer.
(d) Mary Katherine Ham.

3. When did the author first become a Bank of America customer when he opened his only bank account?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1996.

4. Approximately how many people are estimated to be currently working in the U.S. illegally?
(a) 7 million.
(b) 9 million.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 12 million.

5. What did the author's father die from?
(a) Prostate cancer.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Lung cancer.

6. What percentage of children attending the Crazy Horse School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation live below the poverty line?
(a) 34%.
(b) 82%.
(c) 49%.
(d) 75%.

7. Where did Ryan Eller live when the author met him?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Tennessee.

8. Who is the president of the Philippines (as of September, 2020)?
(a) Don Graham.
(b) Craig Walker.
(c) Rufus Jeffris.
(d) Rodrigo Duterte.

9. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 7?
(a) "Lawyers."
(b) "Second Coming Out."
(c) "Thirty."
(d) "The Machine."

10. What is Part 3, Chapter 5 titled?
(a) "Thirty."
(b) "Staying."
(c) "Lawyers."
(d) "Outlaw."

11. The author states in Part 2, Chapter 17, "To achieve journalistic 'objectivity,' we sacrifice" what (127)?
(a) Emotional balance.
(b) People's humanity.
(c) Care.
(d) Human intimacy.

12. Who led ICE in 2011?
(a) Rufus Jeffris.
(b) John Morton.
(c) Peter Baker.
(d) Kathleen Brown.

13. Approximately how many people were deported by ICE in 2009?
(a) 427,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 390,000.
(d) 520,000.

14. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 11?
(a) "Alone."
(b) "Outlaw."
(c) "Off the Rails."
(d) "Cycle of Loss."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says that he considers Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, and who to be his holy trinity of spiritual guidance in Part 3, Chapter 2?

2. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 4?

3. When did the author meet Jake at the Goggle headquarters, according to his narrative in Part 3, Chapter 3?

4. From what airport did the author fly into McAllen?

5. When did the author's maternal grandfather (Lolo) die?

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