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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Part 2, Chapter 17, "To achieve journalistic 'objectivity,' we sacrifice" what (127)?
(a) Care.
(b) People's humanity.
(c) Human intimacy.
(d) Emotional balance.

2. When was the author's "coming out" article published in the New York Times Magazine?
(a) March 12, 2012.
(b) July 12, 2010.
(c) June 22, 2011.
(d) September 5, 2011.

3. Who wrote A Nation of Immigrants?
(a) Len Downie.
(b) Walter Cronkite.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) James Joyce.

4. Approximately how many people were deported by ICE in 2010?
(a) 427,000.
(b) 520,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 393,000.

5. How old was the author's mother when she sent him to live in the U.S.?
(a) 29.
(b) 36.
(c) 32.
(d) 42.

6. What was the title of the cover story on undocumented immigrants written by the author for Time magazine?
(a) "We Are Americans, Just Not Legally."
(b) "Off the Rails."
(c) "Living in Unknown Times."
(d) "The Days of ICE and Waiting in Terror."

7. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) "Lawyers."
(b) "Facing Myself."
(c) "Distant Intimacy."
(d) "Outlaw."

8. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 12?
(a) "Truth."
(b) "Outlaw."
(c) "Off the Rails."
(d) "Lawyers."

9. What did President Bill Clinton launch in 1994 to control the U.S. borders?
(a) Operation Borders.
(b) Operation Keyhole.
(c) Operation Zero.
(d) Operation Gatekeeper.

10. What percentage of children attending the Crazy Horse School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation live below the poverty line?
(a) 75%.
(b) 34%.
(c) 82%.
(d) 49%.

11. Where was the author when he was detained by immigration officials?
(a) Texas.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Louisiana.

12. Who does the author refer to as "two of the country's most anti-immigrant senators" in Part 3, Chapter 1 (178)?
(a) Peter Baker and James Walker.
(b) Kathleen Brown and Michael Smith.
(c) Roger Andrews and Mark Stabler.
(d) Jeff Sessions and Ted Cruz.

13. Where was Paola Mendoza born?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Nicaragua.
(d) Columbia.

14. When was the author detained by immigration officials?
(a) November, 2014.
(b) September, 2014.
(c) July, 2014.
(d) January, 2013.

15. About how old was the author the last time he saw his father?
(a) 11.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "miedo" translate to in English?

2. When was the author released from detention by immigration officials, according to his narrative in Part 3, Chapter 12?

3. How old was the author as he wrote Part 3, Chapter 12?

4. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 15?

5. Where is Carlos Lozada originally from?

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