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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the U.S. claim victory in the Mexican-American War?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1826.

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

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

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

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

7. Approximately how many people are estimated to be currently working in the U.S. illegally?
(a) 12 million.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 7 million.
(d) 9 million.

8. Approximately how many people were deported by ICE in 2009?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 520,000.
(c) 427,000.
(d) 390,000.

9. Approximately how many people are employed by Customs and Border Protection, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 7?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 90,000.
(d) 60,000.

10. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, undocumented immigrants nationwide pay what estimated percent of their incomes in state and local taxes on average?
(a) 12%.
(b) 4%.
(c) 14%.
(d) 8%.

11. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 17?
(a) "Second Coming Out."
(b) "Outlaw."
(c) "Facing Myself."
(d) "Off the Rails."

12. Where was the busiest land crossing in the world in 1994?
(a) Del Rio - Cuidad Acuna.
(b) McAllen - Reynosa.
(c) San Diego - Tijuana.
(d) El Paso - Juarez.

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

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

15. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 8?
(a) "Second Coming Out."
(b) "Facing Myself."
(c) "Lawyers."
(d) "National Security Threat."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the editor of The New Yorker that was uninterested in publishing the author's essay on coming out as an undocumented immigrant?

3. Who wrote the poem "The White Man's Burden"?

4. What television station collaborated with the Define American organization to produce an hourlong primetime special called White People?

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

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