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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. Where did the author's uncle Conrad fly in from to attend the author's thirtieth birthday dinner?
(a) Portland.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Seattle.

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

3. Where did the author procure a new driver's license after his Oregon license expired?
(a) Texas.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Washington.
(d) California.

4. Who wrote A Nation of Immigrants?
(a) Walter Cronkite.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Len Downie.

5. Who was the editor of The New Yorker that was uninterested in publishing the author's essay on coming out as an undocumented immigrant?
(a) David Remnick.
(b) Peter Baker.
(c) Len Downie.
(d) Don Graham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the venture capitalist that created the scholarship program that allowed the author to attend college?

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

3. When did the author apply for a paid summer internship at the Philadelphia Daily News?

4. What did the author's grandfather changed his name to from Teofilo after becoming a legal U.S. citizen?

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

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