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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the digital newsroom for the Washington Post located when the author began creating online videos to accompany his feature stories?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Texas.
(d) Virginia.

2. What was the name of Rich Fischer's wife?
(a) Sheri.
(b) MIchelle.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Mary.

3. What did the author's grandfather changed his name to from Teofilo after becoming a legal U.S. citizen?
(a) Robert.
(b) James.
(c) Jack.
(d) Ted.

4. What was the first Hollywood movie that the author saw that starred people who looked anything like his family?
(a) That Thing Called Tadhana.
(b) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
(c) The Joy Luck Club.
(d) One More Chance.

5. What Stevie Wonder song does the author describe playing while driving to appease his anxiety in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) "I Just Called to Say I Love You."
(b) "Master Blaster."
(c) "Isn't She Lovely."
(d) "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing."

6. What California ballot initiative sought to ban "illegal" people from using public services in 1994?
(a) Proposition 56.
(b) Proposition AB-5.
(c) Proposition 187.
(d) Proposition 232.

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

8. When did the author apply for a paid summer internship at the Philadelphia Daily News?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2001.

9. 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 Washington Post.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

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

11. Who is Peter Perl's wife?
(a) Cheryl Butler.
(b) Mary Moore.
(c) Patricia Foote.
(d) Nina Shapiro.

12. Who was the author's speech and debate coach in high school?
(a) Pat Hyland.
(b) Teresa Moore.
(c) Kathleen Brown.
(d) Karen Keefer.

13. When did the author arrive at the Washington Post to take on his two-year internship after college?
(a) March 3, 2003.
(b) April 2, 2005.
(c) June 2, 2004.
(d) June 2, 2002.

14. Into what middle school was the author enrolled after arriving in the U.S.?
(a) Rose Hill Middle School.
(b) Mountain View Middle School.
(c) Jackson Middle School.
(d) Crittenden Middle School.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For approximately how long were the Philippine islands ruled by Spanish colonialists?

2. Who was the recruiter for the Washington Post when the author earned an internship there in late 2002?

3. Into what neighborhood of Manila did the author and his mother move after his grandparents left for the U.S.?

4. The author was a part of a team that wrote covering on what incident, earning them the Pulitzer Prize?

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

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