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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. Where did the author procure a new driver's license after his Oregon license expired?

2. How old did the author say his mother would turn this year in Part 3, Chapter 12?

3. Where did Ryan Eller live when the author met him?

4. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 11?

5. By what nickname do the author's family and everyone in the Philippines he knows call him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What does "being an American citizen" mean to you? How has this book influenced your thinking on what citizenship means? What does citizenship NOT mean?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the illegal acts that the author confesses to committing in Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. What was his first willful illegal act? How do you think you would have acted if you were in the same position? How did the author feel about this act?

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