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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. How old was the author when he applied for an entry-level job at the San Francisco Chronicle?
(a) 22.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

2. 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?
(a) Ibram X. Kendi.
(b) Oprah Winfrey.
(c) Gandhi.
(d) Maya Angelou.

3. Where do the upper-class suburbanits live in the musical Ragtime?
(a) New Rochelle, New York.
(b) Tidesville, Oklahoma.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) Harlem, New York.

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

5. Who was the author's choir teacher in high school?
(a) Mrs. Carson.
(b) Mrs. Denny.
(c) Mr. Dingall.
(d) Mr. Gedge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many people were deported by ICE in 2010?

2. Who led the after-school book club that the author attended in eighth grade?

3. 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)?

4. Who suggested to the author that he get an entry-level job at the San Francisco Chronicle?

5. Where is Maria Gabriela Pacheco originally from?

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