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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) Texas.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Tennessee.

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

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

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

5. Who was the venture capitalist that created the scholarship program that allowed the author to attend college?
(a) Jim Strand.
(b) Teresa Moore.
(c) Rufus Jeffris.
(d) Mary Moore.

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

7. Approximately how many islands comprise the Philippines?
(a) 9,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 7,000.

8. The author was a part of a team that wrote covering on what incident, earning them the Pulitzer Prize?
(a) The Waco siege.
(b) The AIDS crisis.
(c) The 2007 Virginia Tech massacre.
(d) The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

9. What did the author do when he was pulled over in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) He urinated himself.
(b) He had a nervous breakdown.
(c) He called his grandfather.
(d) He threw up.

10. The author's first-ever front-page story in the Mountain View Voice was covering a fire on what street?
(a) Willow Street.
(b) Chop Street.
(c) Farley Street.
(d) Anderson Street.

11. Who is the author's godmother?
(a) Dalisay.
(b) Camille.
(c) Ninang.
(d) Rosaline.

12. When did Arianna Huffington recruit the author to join the Huffington Post?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2002.

13. How old was Mark Zuckerberg when the author first interviewed him?
(a) 32.
(b) 29.
(c) 26.
(d) 23.

14. What is the name of the author's father?
(a) Ricardo Salvas Vargas.
(b) Jose Lito Vargas.
(c) Thomas Homan Vargas.
(d) Emilio Vargas.

15. What was the name of the author's childhood dog?
(a) Rambo.
(b) Fufi.
(c) Pete.
(d) Ted.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times had the author seen his father in his life when he first moved to the U.S.?

2. How does the Philippines rank globally in population?

3. 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?

4. When was the Indian Citizenship Act, granting Native Americans citizenship?

5. What languages did the author speak with his grandparents and uncle at home after he moved in with them?

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