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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. When was the author detained by immigration officials?
(a) July, 2014.
(b) November, 2014.
(c) January, 2013.
(d) September, 2014.

2. How many miles over the speed limit did the officer say the author was driving when he pulled him over in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

3. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) "Outlaw."
(b) "Distant Intimacy."
(c) "Facing Myself."
(d) "Lawyers."

4. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 14?
(a) "Thirty."
(b) "Campaign 2008."
(c) "Off the Rails."
(d) "Facing Myself."

5. When was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 repealed?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author states in Part 2, Chapter 13 that reading what "felt like shopping at a grocery store for food I'd never tasted and probably could not afford" (107)?

3. What is the name of the fictional president depicted in An American President?

4. Who was the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in February of 2017?

5. Where do the upper-class suburbanits live in the musical Ragtime?

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