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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was the author's choir teacher in high school?
(a) Mrs. Carson.
(b) Mrs. Denny.
(c) Mr. Gedge.
(d) Mr. Dingall.
2. When did the author's maternal grandparents move to the U.S.?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1984.
3. Where is Maria Gabriela Pacheco originally from?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Spain.
(c) Costa Rica.
(d) Ecuador.
4. Who was the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement that told Congress, "If you are in this country illegally, you should be uncomfortable, you should look over your shoulder, and you need to be worried" (2)?
(a) Ryan Brown.
(b) Kathleen Brown.
(c) Pete Wilson.
(d) Thomas Homan.
5. When was the Indian Citizenship Act, granting Native Americans citizenship?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1928.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what state was the author located when he was pulled over for speeding in Part 2, Chapter 11?
2. What did the author do when he was pulled over in Part 2, Chapter 11?
3. When did the author arrive at the Washington Post to take on his two-year internship after college?
4. What did the author's grandfather changed his name to from Teofilo after becoming a legal U.S. citizen?
5. What California ballot initiative sought to ban "illegal" people from using public services in 1994?
Short Essay Questions
1. When was the Chinese Exclusion Act enacted and repealed? What did it decree?
2. What does the author say about his relationship with his father in Part 1, Chapter 1?
3. When was the first time the author willfully broke the law? Why?
4. Who is Rich Fischer? How did the author come to know him?
5. What musical was the author moved by when watching the 1998 Tony Awards? Why?
6. How does the author characterize President Trump's stance on refugees in the Prologue?
7. Why did turning thirty weigh especially heavy on the author?
8. What are some of the movies that the author watched in his immersion into American culture, as described in Part 1, Chapter 1? What did he think of them?
9. What does the author say this book is about (and not about) in the Prologue?
10. What humor is found in Vargas's confusion over "The Star Spangled Banner" in Part 1, Chapter 2?
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