1. How many times does the author say he has been a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher in Part 2, Chapter 17?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

2. What California ballot initiative sought to ban "illegal" people from using public services in 1994?
(a) Proposition 232.
(b) Proposition 187.
(c) Proposition AB-5.
(d) Proposition 56.

3. When did the author's aunt Florie move to America?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1966.

4. What led to the death of the author's maternal grandfather (Lolo)?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Colon cancer.

5. Who was the venture capitalist that created the scholarship program that allowed the author to attend college?
(a) Teresa Moore.
(b) Jim Strand.
(c) Mary Moore.
(d) Rufus Jeffris.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What company first developed the silicon semiconductor devices that gave Silicon Valley its name?

3. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 15?

4. The author was a part of a team that wrote covering on what incident, earning them the Pulitzer Prize?

5. What did the author do when he was pulled over in Part 2, Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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