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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. Approximately how many immigrants were deported in 1996, according to the Migration Policy Institute?
(a) 110,000.
(b) 70,000.
(c) 90,000.
(d) 40,000.

2. What television station collaborated with the Define American organization to produce an hourlong primetime special called White People?
(a) NBC.
(b) MTV.
(c) CBS.
(d) ABC.

3. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 11?
(a) "Cycle of Loss."
(b) "Alone."
(c) "Off the Rails."
(d) "Outlaw."

4. By what nickname do the author's family and everyone in the Philippines he knows call him?
(a) Loloton.
(b) Santos.
(c) Boutista.
(d) Pepeton.

5. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 10?
(a) "Alone."
(b) "Interview."
(c) "Facing Myself."
(d) "Thirty."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many words was the author's "coming out" article in the New York Times Magazine?

2. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 3?

3. Approximately how many people were deported by ICE in 2010?

4. Where was Paola Mendoza born?

5. When did the author first become a Bank of America customer when he opened his only bank account?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What led to the author's arrest and detainment in 2014?

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

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

6. Who in his family does the author describe losing prior to his thirtieth birthday in Part 2, Chapter 16?

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

8. When was the author's "coming out" essay published? Where was it published and what reaction did it initially receive?

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

10. How is the author's thirtieth birthday party described?

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