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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name did the author call his grandfather as a child?
(a) Lola.
(b) Papa.
(c) Lolo.
(d) Popo.

2. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) "Thirty."
(b) "Facing Myself."
(c) "Campaign 2008."
(d) "Off the Rails."

3. Who once wrote, "The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection" (73)?
(a) Truman Capote.
(b) Teresa Moore.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Jim Strand.

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

5. Who is Gail Wade's daughter that was one of the author's closest friends?
(a) Emily.
(b) Nathalie.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Brianna.

6. Where did Maria Gabriela Pacheco grow up?
(a) New York.
(b) Miami.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Los Angeles.

7. How many miles over the speed limit did the officer say the author was driving when he pulled him over in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

8. Who was the chairman of the Washington Post Company when the author began his two-year internship there?
(a) Craig Walker.
(b) Len Downie.
(c) Don Graham.
(d) Jim Strand.

9. When was the author's Oregon driver's license set to expire, causing him anguish as his thirtieth birthday approached?
(a) September 14, 2011.
(b) February 12, 2012.
(c) Feburary 3, 2011.
(d) May 23, 2010.

10. Who was the Republican incumbent in the 1994 race for California governor?
(a) Kathleen Brown.
(b) Pete Wilson.
(c) Ryan Brown.
(d) Thomas Homan.

11. Who was Rich Fischer's longtime assistant?
(a) Karen Keefer.
(b) Kathleen Brown.
(c) Mary Moore.
(d) Rufus Jeffris.

12. From what airport did the author depart the Philippines when he first came to the U.S.?
(a) Francisco Bangoy International Airport.
(b) Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
(c) Clark International Airport.
(d) Mactan–Cebu International Airport.

13. Where do the upper-class suburbanits live in the musical Ragtime?
(a) Harlem, New York.
(b) New Rochelle, New York.
(c) Tidesville, Oklahoma.
(d) Princeton, New Jersey.

14. Into what neighborhood of Manila did the author and his mother move after his grandparents left for the U.S.?
(a) Pasig.
(b) Fort Bonifacio.
(c) Tomas Morato.
(d) Makati.

15. When was the Indian Citizenship Act, granting Native Americans citizenship?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1924.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Maria Gabriela Pacheco originally from?

2. The author's father was one of how many children?

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

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

5. What is the author's mother's name?

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