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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 8 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gail Wade teach at a nearby middle school?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Spanish.

2. What languages did the author speak with his grandparents and uncle at home after he moved in with them?
(a) Japanese or English.
(b) Malay or Spanish.
(c) Spanish or English.
(d) Tagalog or Sambali.

3. How old was the author when his parents sent him to live with his grandparents in the U.S.?
(a) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

4. 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)?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

5. Who was the executive editor for the Washington Post when the author began his two-year internship there?
(a) Jim Strand.
(b) Len Downie.
(c) Don Graham.
(d) Craig Walker.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the author describe interviewing Mark Zuckerberg in Part 2, Chapter 13?

2. In the coverage that won the author and his team the Pulitzer Prize, his contribution was an interview with a key eyewitness that he reached because he knew how to use what?

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

4. Approximately how many islands comprise the Philippines?

5. When did the author publicly declare his undocumented status?

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