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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. Who once wrote, "The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection" (73)?

2. Into what middle school was the author enrolled after arriving in the U.S.?

3. Where did Maria Gabriela Pacheco grow up?

4. What did the author's grandfather changed his name to from Teofilo after becoming a legal U.S. citizen?

5. Into what neighborhood of Manila did the author and his mother move after his grandparents left for the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shaped the author's perceptions about America before he arrived here? How did he perceive the reality after he arrived?

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

3. What does the author say this book is about (and not about) in the Prologue?

4. What did Vargas learn about green cards in science class in Part 1, Chapter 6?

5. How does the author describe President Trump's perceptions of undocumented immigrants in the Prologue?

6. What is the DREAM Act and when was it introduced?

7. What did Mrs. Wakefield say to Vargas about his race in Part 1, Chapter 4?

8. How does Vargas describe the day he departed the Philippines? How old was he?

9. What happened when the author was pulled over in 2008?

10. How did the author's grandparents feel about him moving to Washington, DC to work at the Washington Post? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the colonial history of the Philippines. Who first colonized the Philippines? How did this colonization influence culture, economy, and politics of the region? What country took "ownership" of the Philippines after this? How did this influence the country's culture, economy, and politics?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the history of immigration policies in the United States from 1965-2016. What federal law was enacted in 1965 regarding immigration and how did this affect discrimination against particular groups of immigrants? How did these policies enable the author's family members to immigrate to the U.S.? What changed so that the author was unable to immigrate legally?

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