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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. Where is Maria Gabriela Pacheco originally from?
(a) Costa Rica.
(b) Spain.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Brazil.

2. Over how many Filipino soldiers fought against the Japanese in World War II?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 100,000.

3. Approximately how much money does the state of California collect in taxes from undocumented immigrants?
(a) $3.9 million.
(b) $2.2 million.
(c) $5.3 billion.
(d) $3.1 billion.

4. How old was the author when he applied for an entry-level job at the San Francisco Chronicle?
(a) 22.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 16.

5. Who introduced the author to Mark Zuckerberg at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2007?
(a) Teresa Moore.
(b) Patricia Foote.
(c) Craig Walker.
(d) Donald Graham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author first learn that his green card was fake?

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)?

3. How many words was the author's "coming out" article in the New York Times Magazine?

4. When did the author's maternal grandparents move to the U.S.?

5. Where did David Hoffman go to lunch with the author after he had written a story about video games being the rock and roll of the war in Iraq?

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