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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the SSA, unauthorized workers have paid approximately how much into the fund over the past decade?
(a) $300.1 billion.
(b) $2.2 million.
(c) $100 billion.
(d) $5.3 million.

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

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

4. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 11?
(a) "Alone."
(b) "Cycle of Loss."
(c) "Outlaw."
(d) "Off the Rails."

5. Who wrote the poem "The White Man's Burden"?
(a) William Winters.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Andrew DuBroc.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.

6. What is Part 3, Chapter 5 titled?
(a) "Lawyers."
(b) "Outlaw."
(c) "Staying."
(d) "Thirty."

7. Who was the editor of The New Yorker that was uninterested in publishing the author's essay on coming out as an undocumented immigrant?
(a) Don Graham.
(b) Len Downie.
(c) Peter Baker.
(d) David Remnick.

8. How old did the author say his mother would turn this year in Part 3, Chapter 12?
(a) 59.
(b) 61.
(c) 72.
(d) 66.

9. Approximately how many immigrants were deported in 1996, according to the Migration Policy Institute?
(a) 90,000.
(b) 70,000.
(c) 110,000.
(d) 40,000.

10. What was the name of the "coming out" article the author published in the New York Times Magazine?
(a) "Second Coming Out."
(b) "Walking the Line of Citizenship."
(c) "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant."
(d) "Life as an Outlaw in Anti-Immigrant America."

11. Where did the author procure a new driver's license after his Oregon license expired?
(a) Washington.
(b) California.
(c) Nevada.
(d) Texas.

12. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 10?
(a) "Interview."
(b) "Alone."
(c) "Thirty."
(d) "Facing Myself."

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

14. What is the estimated undocumented population in Montana, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 17?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 6,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 4,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many people are employed by Customs and Border Protection, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 7?

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

3. At least how many immigration lawyers did the author speak with about writing about his undocumented status, according to the narrative in Part 2, Chapter 15?

4. Who was the only senator to ask a question of the author after he delivered his statement to Congress?

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

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