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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. What did the author do when he was pulled over in Part 2, Chapter 11?
2. When was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 repealed?
3. When was the author's Oregon driver's license set to expire, causing him anguish as his thirtieth birthday approached?
4. Who is Peter Perl's wife?
5. What literary device stands out in the following sentence from Part 2, Chapter 10: "Since the beginning of my journalism career, there was no escaping the fact that I was lying about myself so I could survive in a profession dependent on truth-telling" (97)?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What inspired the author to come out as gay? When did this happen?
3. What humor is found in Vargas's confusion over "The Star Spangled Banner" in Part 1, Chapter 2?
4. What did Vargas learn about green cards in science class in Part 1, Chapter 6?
5. How was the author able to attend college?
6. What books and authors was Vargas introduced to through watching Oprah Winfrey's show?
7. Why did turning thirty weigh especially heavy on the author?
8. When was the first time the author willfully broke the law? Why?
9. What are some of the movies that the author watched in his immersion into American culture, as described in Part 1, Chapter 1? What did he think of them?
10. When was the Chinese Exclusion Act enacted and repealed? What did it decree?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the themes of ambition and rebellion in Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. How do these themes develop through the author's actions in the narrative? Against what did the author rebel? Why did he rebel?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the author's arrest and detention in McAllen, Texas. When did the arrest and detention take place? Where was the author held? For hold long was he held? Why was he released?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's media appearances since his first "coming out" essay in the New York Times Magazine. On what media outlets has he been a guest? What does he remark about these experiences? How have these experiences shaped the author's perspectives?
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