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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. When was the author released from detention by immigration officials, according to his narrative in Part 3, Chapter 12?

2. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 10?

3. According to the SSA, unauthorized workers have paid approximately how much into the fund over the past decade?

4. Who wrote the poem "The White Man's Burden"?

5. About how old was the author the last time he saw his father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When was the author's "coming out" essay published? Where was it published and what reaction did it initially receive?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of homelessness in Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. What does the author mean in the Prologue when he says that this book is about homelessness? In what ways did this sense of homelessness shape the author? How did it contribute to his feelings of isolation?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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