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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. The author's father was one of how many children?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

2. What literary device stands out in the following sentence from Part 2, Chapter 10: "Since the beginning of my journalism career, there was no escaping the fact that I was lying about myself so I could survive in a profession dependent on truth-telling" (97)?
(a) Irony.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Assonance.

3. Who was the author's social studies teacher when the O.J. Simpson verdict came out?
(a) Mrs. Peterson.
(b) Mrs. Wilson.
(c) Mrs. Smith.
(d) Mrs. Wakefield.

4. What did the author's father die from?
(a) Prostate cancer.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Lung cancer.
(d) Heart attack.

5. How many people attended the author's thirtieth birthday party?
(a) 30.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Mark Zuckerberg when the author first interviewed him?

3. Who wrote the poem "The White Man's Burden"?

4. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 4?

5. By what name did the author call his grandmother as a child?

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