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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 4?

2. What is the estimated undocumented population in Montana, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 17?

3. How old was the author as he wrote Part 3, Chapter 12?

4. Approximately how many people are employed by Customs and Border Protection, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 7?

5. When did the author's maternal grandfather (Lolo) die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the many things that an "illegal" cannot do, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 2?

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

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

4. When does the author describe calling ICE in Part 3, Chapter 1? How did they respond?

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

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

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

8. What does the author say of the cost of enforcing our laws and protecting our borders in Part 3, Chapter 7?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the influences of television, film, theater, and music on the author as he immersed himself into American culture. What shows/films/plays/musicals did he watch? How did they shape his perspective? What kinds of music did the author listen to? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the narrative style in Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. Would you consider the author's writing style as more like a memoir or more journalistic? What are the advantages of this style? How well did you relate to the author's narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the policies of U.S. Immigration during the Obama presidency. How did Obama's administration differ with those before it in terms of deportations and legal immigration? What policies focused on refugees? Does the author have a positive or negative opinion of Obama's immigration policies? Why?

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