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Vargas, Jose Antonio
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Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Vargas, Jose Antonio
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Peter Perl's wife?
(a) Patricia Foote.
(b) Nina Shapiro.
(c) Cheryl Butler.
(d) Mary Moore.

2. Who is the author's godmother?
(a) Camille.
(b) Rosaline.
(c) Ninang.
(d) Dalisay.

3. Who was the executive editor for the Washington Post when the author began his two-year internship there?
(a) Jim Strand.
(b) Len Downie.
(c) Craig Walker.
(d) Don Graham.

4. Where did David Hoffman go to lunch with the author after he had written a story about video games being the rock and roll of the war in Iraq?
(a) Tabasco Bob's.
(b) Parrhain's Seafood.
(c) Bobby Van's.
(d) P.J.'s Steak House.

5. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) "Facing Myself."
(b) "Campaign 2008."
(c) "Thirty."
(d) "Off the Rails."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author first learn that his green card was fake?

2. What did the author's grandfather changed his name to from Teofilo after becoming a legal U.S. citizen?

3. Who was the recruiter for the Washington Post when the author earned an internship there in late 2002?

4. How many undocumented immigrants are estimated to be in the United States, according to the author in the Prologue?

5. Who was Karen Willemsen's father-in-law that lived in Portland in 2003?

Short Essay Questions

1. When was the Chinese Exclusion Act enacted and repealed? What did it decree?

2. What does the author state most Americans know about the immigration process in his experience?

3. What books and authors was Vargas introduced to through watching Oprah Winfrey's show?

4. What did Vargas learn about green cards in science class in Part 1, Chapter 6?

5. What happened when the author was pulled over in 2008?

6. What realization did Vargas have of his grandmother when they watched The Joy Luck Club together?

7. Who is Rich Fischer? How did the author come to know him?

8. What are the three options one had to get to America from Zambales at the time that Vargas's grandparents immigrated?

9. How does Vargas describe the day he departed the Philippines? How old was he?

10. What are some of the movies that the author watched in his immersion into American culture, as described in Part 1, Chapter 1? What did he think of them?

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