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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author's maternal grandparents move to the U.S.?

2. What did Gail Wade teach at a nearby middle school?

3. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 11?

4. Over how many Filipino soldiers fought against the Japanese in World War II?

5. What did the author do when he was pulled over in Part 2, Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what publication did Vargas interview Mark Zuckerberg? How does he describe him?

2. How did the author get his first driver's license?

3. What did the clerk at the DMV tell Vargas when he went to apply for a driver's license at age 16? How did this impact his life?

4. How did the author forge his way into political reporting at the Post?

5. When was the first time the author willfully broke the law? Why?

6. What is the "Master Narrative" and where did this term originate?

7. What led to Vargas writing his first article for the Mountain View Voice?

8. What does the author describe as his "first legal American papers" (2) in the Prologue?

9. What high school teacher got Vargas into journalism? Why?

10. What are some of the television shows that the author watched in his immersion into American culture, as described in Part 1, Chapter 1? How did they influence him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the policies of U.S. Immigration during the Obama presidency. How did Obama's administration differ with those before it in terms of deportations and legal immigration? What policies focused on refugees? Does the author have a positive or negative opinion of Obama's immigration policies? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. When were these governmental organizations created? What are their missions? What percentage of the U.S. budget is dedicated to these organizations?

Essay Topic 3

What does "being an American citizen" mean to you? How has this book influenced your thinking on what citizenship means? What does citizenship NOT mean?

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