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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. The author was a part of a team that wrote covering on what incident, earning them the Pulitzer Prize?

2. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 13?

3. Where did Maria Gabriela Pacheco grow up?

4. For approximately how long were the Philippine islands ruled by Spanish colonialists?

5. What is the author's mother's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What inspired the author to come out as gay? When did this happen?

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

5. What was Peter Perl's position at the Post when the author was doing his two-year internship there? Why did the author turn to Perl about his citizenship situation?

6. For what did the author win the Pulitzer Prize? How did he react?

7. What led to the author confessing his undocumented status to Mrs. Denny?

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

9. What humor is found in Vargas's confusion over "The Star Spangled Banner" in Part 1, Chapter 2?

10. How was the author able to attend college?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of journalism to Jose Vargas. When did the author become interested in pursuing a career in journalism? What about this field drew him? How has his career progressed over time?

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

Discuss the history of immigration policies in the United States from 1900-1965. What policies were enacted? What policies were repealed? How did these policies shape the populations of immigrants in the U.S. and perceptions of those immigrants?

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