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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 9?
(a) "Alone."
(b) "Lawyers."
(c) "Facing Myself."
(d) "Thirty."

2. On what date did the author's friend Jake die?
(a) November 6, 2014.
(b) September 19, 2015.
(c) May 12, 2014.
(d) June 13, 2015.

3. How many times does the author say he has been a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher in Part 2, Chapter 17?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

4. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 2?
(a) "Home."
(b) "Campaign 2008."
(c) "Facing Myself."
(d) "Lawyers."

5. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 7?
(a) "Thirty."
(b) "The Machine."
(c) "Second Coming Out."
(d) "Lawyers."

6. Who was the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in February of 2017?
(a) Rand Beers.
(b) Janet Napolitano.
(c) John F. Kelly.
(d) Jeh Johnson.

7. When did the author meet Jake at the Goggle headquarters, according to his narrative in Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2004.

8. Where is the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation located?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) North Dakota.
(d) South Dakota.

9. Who is the journalist and conservative commentator that Jake married?
(a) Mary Katherine Ham.
(b) Kathleen Brown.
(c) Karen Keefer.
(d) Mary Moore.

10. When was the author released from detention by immigration officials, according to his narrative in Part 3, Chapter 12?
(a) May 12, 2014.
(b) March 1, 2015.
(c) July 15, 2014.
(d) September 11, 2014.

11. Who plays the leading role of the president in The American President?
(a) Jeff Bridges.
(b) Alan Alda.
(c) Michael Douglas.
(d) Al Pacino.

12. What trade agreement does the author asserts drove millions of Mexicans out of jobs and led parents to cross borders to be able to feed their children in Part 3, Chapter 6?
(a) The Chile–United States Free Trade Agreement
(b) The North American Free Trade Agreement.
(c) The Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement.
(d) The Columbia Free Trade Agreement.

13. Where did Ryan Eller live when the author met him?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Texas.

14. How many people attended the author's thirtieth birthday party?
(a) 20.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

15. What television station collaborated with the Define American organization to produce an hourlong primetime special called White People?
(a) CBS.
(b) NBC.
(c) MTV.
(d) ABC.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how much money does the state of California collect in taxes from undocumented immigrants?

2. Who did the author reach out to at the New York Times when the Washington Post decided to kill his "coming out" essay?

3. Who does the author refer to as "two of the country's most anti-immigrant senators" in Part 3, Chapter 1 (178)?

4. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 3?

5. By what nickname do the author's family and everyone in the Philippines he knows call him?

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