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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 15 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What company first developed the silicon semiconductor devices that gave Silicon Valley its name?
(a) Toshiba.
(b) Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory.
(c) Qualcomm.
(d) Texas Instruments.

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

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 When was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 repealed?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

4. Where were the author's maternal grandparents from originally?
(a) Cebu City.
(b) Baguio.
(c) Iba.
(d) Makati.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What languages did the author speak with his grandparents and uncle at home after he moved in with them?

2. What is the author's mother's name?

3. By what name did the author call his grandfather as a child?

4. When did the author arrive at the Washington Post to take on his two-year internship after college?

5. Where in California did the author move to live with his grandparents?

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