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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 first American student that ever spoke to the author?
(a) Ryan Brown.
(b) Thomas Homan.
(c) Pete Wilson.
(d) Kathleen Brown.

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

3. Where do the upper-class suburbanits live in the musical Ragtime?
(a) Harlem, New York.
(b) New Rochelle, New York.
(c) Tidesville, Oklahoma.
(d) Princeton, New Jersey.

4. Who suggested to the author that he get an entry-level job at the San Francisco Chronicle?
(a) Mary Moore.
(b) Teresa Moore.
(c) Rufus Jeffris.
(d) Jim Strand.

5. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) "Facing Myself."
(b) "Thirty."
(c) "Off the Rails."
(d) "Campaign 2008."

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what neighborhood of Manila did the author and his mother move after his grandparents left for the U.S.?

2. In what field did Uncle Rolan work when the author first moved to the U.S.?

3. Who led the after-school book club that the author attended in eighth grade?

4. What California ballot initiative sought to ban "illegal" people from using public services in 1994?

5. Who introduced the author to Mark Zuckerberg at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2007?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to Vargas writing his first article for the Mountain View Voice?

2. How did the author forge his way into political reporting at the Post?

3. What does the author say this book is about (and not about) in the Prologue?

4. What are some of the television shows that the author watched in his immersion into American culture, as described in Part 1, Chapter 1? How did they influence him?

5. What does the author say about his relationship with his father in Part 1, Chapter 1?

6. For what did the author win the Pulitzer Prize? How did he react?

7. How is the book structured? How are the chapters set up?

8. What books and authors was Vargas introduced to through watching Oprah Winfrey's show?

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

10. With whom did Vargas live upon arriving in America? How are these individuals described?

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