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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 was the name of the author's childhood dog?
2. Who was the venture capitalist that created the scholarship program that allowed the author to attend college?
3. What is the name of the author's father?
4. Who was the pretty girl in class that told the author "You don't really look Filipino" (17)?
5. What did the author score on his driving test in Oregon?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the author state most Americans know about the immigration process in his experience?
2. How does the author describe President Trump's perceptions of undocumented immigrants in the Prologue?
3. What did Mrs. Wakefield say to Vargas about his race in Part 1, Chapter 4?
4. What high school teacher got Vargas into journalism? Why?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. What realization did Vargas have of his grandmother when they watched The Joy Luck Club together?
8. What does the author say this book is about (and not about) in the Prologue?
9. How does Vargas describe the day he departed the Philippines? How old was he?
10. When was the first time the author willfully broke the law? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 What policies were repealed?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?
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
Define the "master narrative" and discuss its meaning and origins. Where did this term first emerge for the author? How does it relate to his personal experiences as an undocumented immigrant? How does it apply to other minorities?
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