3. Who was the recruiter for the Washington Post when the author earned an internship there in late 2002?
(a) Jim Strand.
(b) Cheryl Butler.
(c) Craig Walker.
(d) Patricia Foote.

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

5. Where is Maria Gabriela Pacheco originally from?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Costa Rica.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the author's father?

3. From what airport did the author depart the Philippines when he first came to the U.S.?

4. Who was the pretty girl in class that told the author "You don't really look Filipino" (17)?

5. What is the worldwide Filipino population, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What shaped the author's perceptions about America before he arrived here? How did he perceive the reality after he arrived?

5. What is the DREAM Act and when was it introduced?

6. 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?

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

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

9. How was the author able to attend college?

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

(see the answer keys)

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