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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 did the author score on his driving test in Oregon?
(a) 98.
(b) 75.
(c) 71.
(d) 85.

2. Who was the principal at Mountain View High School when the author attended?
(a) Karen Keefer.
(b) Pat Hyland.
(c) Pete Wilson.
(d) Teresa Moore.

3. By what name did the author call his grandmother as a child?
(a) Momo.
(b) Lolo.
(c) Mamaw.
(d) Lola.

4. When did Peter Perl begin working at the Washington Post?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1989.

5. 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) Thomas Homan.
(b) Pete Wilson.
(c) Ryan Brown.
(d) Kathleen Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the author when his parents sent him to live with his grandparents in the U.S.?

2. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 13?

3. How does the Philippines rank globally in population?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Why did turning thirty weigh especially heavy on the author?

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

6. What musical was the author moved by when watching the 1998 Tony Awards? Why?

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 When was the Chinese Exclusion Act enacted and repealed?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

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

9. What humor is found in Vargas's confusion over "The Star Spangled Banner" in Part 1, Chapter 2?

10. How does the author briefly describe the colonial history of the Philippine islands in Part 1, Chapter 5?

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