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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. Who wrote the book The Fire Next Time?

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

3. Approximately how many people were deported by ICE in 2009?

4. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 15?

5. Who wrote A Nation of Immigrants?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 colonial history of the Philippines. Who first colonized the Philippines? How did this colonization influence culture, economy, and politics of the region? What country took "ownership" of the Philippines after this? How did this influence the country's culture, economy, and politics?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's media appearances since his first "coming out" essay in the New York Times Magazine. On what media outlets has he been a guest? What does he remark about these experiences? How have these experiences shaped the author's perspectives?

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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