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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 President George W. Bush shutter when he created the Department of Homeland Security?
(a) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
(b) The Immigration and Naturalization Service.
(c) The Central Intelligence Agency.
(d) The Transportation Security Administration.

2. What did the author's father die from?
(a) Prostate cancer.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Lung cancer.
(d) Stroke.

3. When did the author's maternal grandfather (Lolo) die?
(a) May, 2009.
(b) July, 2010.
(c) January, 2007.
(d) September, 2006.

4. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 17?
(a) "Second Coming Out."
(b) "Outlaw."
(c) "Off the Rails."
(d) "Facing Myself."

5. Where did the author procure a new driver's license after his Oregon license expired?
(a) California.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Washington.
(d) Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the central theme in Part 3, Chapter 11?

2. According to a 2014 article in Politico, how much of our tax dollars have been spent on border and immigration control since 9/11, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 7?

3. Approximately how many people are estimated to be currently working in the U.S. illegally?

4. Who wrote the book The Fire Next Time?

5. Where did the author's uncle Conrad fly in from to attend the author's thirtieth birthday dinner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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