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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. What book of Toni Morrison's did the author read in eighth grade as part of the book club that moved him greatly?
(a) Song of Solomon.
(b) The Bluest Eye.
(c) Sula.
(d) Beloved.

2. How many miles over the speed limit did the officer say the author was driving when he pulled him over in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) 15.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

3. For approximately how long were the Philippine islands ruled by Spanish colonialists?
(a) 250 years.
(b) 420 years.
(c) 150 years.
(d) 370 years.

4. Where did the author first learn that his green card was fake?
(a) At school.
(b) At a wedding.
(c) The DMV.
(d) At church.

5. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 13?
(a) "Off the Rails."
(b) "Thirty."
(c) "Facing Myself."
(d) "Campaign 2008."

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author's aunt Florie move to America?

2. Who was the author's speech and debate coach in high school?

3. When was the author's Oregon driver's license set to expire, causing him anguish as his thirtieth birthday approached?

4. What was the first Hollywood movie that the author saw that starred people who looked anything like his family?

5. Who was the author's social studies teacher when the O.J. Simpson verdict came out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mrs. Wakefield say to Vargas about his race in Part 1, Chapter 4?

2. When was the Chinese Exclusion Act enacted and repealed? What did it decree?

3. What story did the author tell his class about his dog Rambo in Part 1, Chapter 2?

4. What led to the author confessing his undocumented status to Mrs. Denny?

5. How did the author's grandparents feel about him moving to Washington, DC to work at the Washington Post? Why?

6. How did the author get his first driver's license?

7. What was Peter Perl's position at the Post when the author was doing his two-year internship there? Why did the author turn to Perl about his citizenship situation?

8. What realization did Vargas have of his grandmother when they watched The Joy Luck Club together?

9. How does Vargas describe the day he departed the Philippines? How old was he?

10. Why was the author's mother unable to immigrate to the U.S.?

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