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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. The amount of taxes that the IRS collects from undocumented workers is almost how much in Montana?

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

3. How many people were killed as a result of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico?

4. Approximately how much money does the state of California collect in taxes from undocumented immigrants?

5. When was the author detained by immigration officials?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 1965-2016. What federal law was enacted in 1965 regarding immigration and how did this affect discrimination against particular groups of immigrants? How did these policies enable the author's family members to immigrate to the U.S.? What changed so that the author was unable to immigrate legally?

Essay Topic 2

In Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, the book is divided into three parts. Name each of these parts and discuss the meaning of the titles. How do these titles reflect upon the universality of the undocumented immigrant experience? How do they apply directly to the author's experiences? What symbolism connects to these titles?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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