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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. When did the U.S. claim victory in the Mexican-American War?
(a) 1826.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1888.
2. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 12?
(a) "Lawyers."
(b) "Truth."
(c) "Off the Rails."
(d) "Outlaw."
3. Where did Ryan Eller live when the author met him?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Kentucky.
4. The amount of taxes that the IRS collects from undocumented workers is almost how much in Montana?
(a) $5.3 million.
(b) $3.9 million.
(c) $3.1 billion.
(d) $2.2 million.
5. When was the author released from detention by immigration officials, according to his narrative in Part 3, Chapter 12?
(a) May 12, 2014.
(b) March 1, 2015.
(c) July 15, 2014.
(d) September 11, 2014.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 4?
2. How old was the author's mother when she sent him to live in the U.S.?
3. When did the author's maternal grandfather (Lolo) die?
4. What is the name of the fictional president depicted in An American President?
5. Who wrote A Nation of Immigrants?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe his "emotional borders" in Part 3, Chapter 3 (187)?
2. What did the lawyers that Vargas spoke to before writing his "coming out" essay advise him to do?
3. What are some of the many things that an "illegal" cannot do, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 2?
4. When does the author describe calling ICE in Part 3, Chapter 1? How did they respond?
5. Where was the author detained during his arrest in 2014?
6. Who was the only person to ask the author a question after his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2013? What was asked?
7. What led to the author's arrest and detainment in 2014?
8. How is the author's thirtieth birthday party described?
9. What is Define American and when was it founded?
10. When was the author's "coming out" essay published? Where was it published and what reaction did it initially receive?
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