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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. How old was the author as he wrote Part 3, Chapter 12?
(a) 39.
(b) 37.
(c) 42.
(d) 33.

2. How old did the author say his mother would turn this year in Part 3, Chapter 12?
(a) 59.
(b) 66.
(c) 61.
(d) 72.

3. What led to the death of the author's maternal grandfather (Lolo)?
(a) Colon cancer.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Leukemia.
(d) Stroke.

4. About how old was the author the last time he saw his father?
(a) 6.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 4.

5. Where was the Indian restaurant that the author organized his thirtieth birthday dinner at?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Portland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did President George W. Bush shutter when he created the Department of Homeland Security?

2. Who was the governor of California in 1994?

3. Who did the author reach out to at the New York Times when the Washington Post decided to kill his "coming out" essay?

4. Who was the only senator to ask a question of the author after he delivered his statement to Congress?

5. When did the author meet Jake at the Goggle headquarters, according to his narrative in Part 3, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author compare his "second coming out" with his first "coming out"?

2. What does the author say of the cost of enforcing our laws and protecting our borders in Part 3, Chapter 7?

3. Where was the author detained during his arrest in 2014?

4. What are some of the many things that an "illegal" cannot do, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 2?

5. What is Define American and when was it founded?

6. When does the author describe calling ICE in Part 3, Chapter 1? How did they respond?

7. What was "Operation Gatekeeper" and how successful was it?

8. What did the lawyers that Vargas spoke to before writing his "coming out" essay advise him to do?

9. Who was the only person to ask the author a question after his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2013? What was asked?

10. How does the author describe his "emotional borders" in Part 3, Chapter 3 (187)?

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