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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 percentage of children attending the Crazy Horse School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation live below the poverty line?

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

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

4. What is Part 3, Chapter 5 titled?

5. Where was the Indian restaurant that the author organized his thirtieth birthday dinner at?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Discuss the history of immigration policies in the United States from 1900-1965. What policies were enacted? What policies were repealed? How did these policies shape the populations of immigrants in the U.S. and perceptions of those immigrants?

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