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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 is the title of Part 3, Chapter 9?

2. When did the author first become a Bank of America customer when he opened his only bank account?

3. What did the author's father die from?

4. What is the author's vision of Canada in his imagination wrapped up in, according to his narrative in Part 3, Chapter 4?

5. Approximately how many people are estimated to be currently working in the U.S. illegally?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe his "emotional borders" in Part 3, Chapter 3 (187)?

2. Where was the author detained during his arrest in 2014?

3. How is the author's thirtieth birthday party described?

4. Who in his family does the author describe losing prior to his thirtieth birthday in Part 2, Chapter 16?

5. What did the lawyers that Vargas spoke to before writing his "coming out" essay advise him to do?

6. Who was the only person to ask the author a question after his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2013? What was asked?

7. How does the author compare his "second coming out" with his first "coming out"?

8. What led to the author's arrest and detainment in 2014?

9. What is Define American and when was it founded?

10. What was "Operation Gatekeeper" and how successful was it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss immigration policies and perceptions of immigrants during the presidency of Donald Trump. How has Trump's platform approached the topic of immigration? What policies are in place regarding refugees? How has public opinion regarding immigration changed during the Trump administration?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze three examples of irony in Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. How does the author employ dramatic irony in the work? Is verbal irony employed? What situational irony is seen? What are the effects of these examples?

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