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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 led the after-school book club that the author attended in eighth grade?
(a) Mr. Kimble.
(b) Mr. Zehner.
(c) Mr. Anderson.
(d) Mr. Waters.

2. What was the first Hollywood movie that the author saw that starred people who looked anything like his family?
(a) The Joy Luck Club.
(b) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
(c) One More Chance.
(d) That Thing Called Tadhana.

3. Who was the author's choir teacher in high school?
(a) Mr. Dingall.
(b) Mrs. Denny.
(c) Mr. Gedge.
(d) Mrs. Carson.

4. Where in California did the author move to live with his grandparents?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Mountain View.
(d) Homewood.

5. Who was the venture capitalist that created the scholarship program that allowed the author to attend college?
(a) Rufus Jeffris.
(b) Mary Moore.
(c) Jim Strand.
(d) Teresa Moore.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Philippines rank globally in population?

2. When did the author publicly declare his undocumented status?

3. In what military branch was Uncle Conrad an officer?

4. Who was the executive editor for the Washington Post when the author began his two-year internship there?

5. In the coverage that won the author and his team the Pulitzer Prize, his contribution was an interview with a key eyewitness that he reached because he knew how to use what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Lola Florie described in Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. What does the author state most Americans know about the immigration process in his experience?

3. What inspired the author to come out as gay? When did this happen?

4. How does the author describe his relationship with journalism?

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

6. How does the author describe the racial and ethnic makeup of Crittenden Middle School in Part 1, Chapter 4?

7. What did the clerk at the DMV tell Vargas when he went to apply for a driver's license at age 16? How did this impact his life?

8. Who is Rich Fischer? How did the author come to know him?

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

10. 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?

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