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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 was the author's "coming out" article published in the New York Times Magazine?
(a) July 12, 2010.
(b) March 12, 2012.
(c) June 22, 2011.
(d) September 5, 2011.

2. Who was the magazine editor at Time magazine that the author spoke to about writing a follow-up story to his "coming out" essay in the NYT Magazine?
(a) Richard Stengel.
(b) David Remnick.
(c) Peter Baker.
(d) Len Downie.

3. What is the central theme in Part 3, Chapter 11?
(a) Betrayal.
(b) The loss of a mother.
(c) The loss of a grandfather.
(d) Ambition.

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

5. According to the SSA, unauthorized workers have paid approximately how much into the fund over the past decade?
(a) $100 billion.
(b) $5.3 million.
(c) $2.2 million.
(d) $300.1 billion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author says that he considers Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, and who to be his holy trinity of spiritual guidance in Part 3, Chapter 2?

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

4. Approximately how many people were deported by ICE in 2009?

5. What is Part 3, Chapter 5 titled?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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