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

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

3. Who does the author refer to as "two of the country's most anti-immigrant senators" in Part 3, Chapter 1 (178)?

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

5. When did the author meet "Roberto"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of family in Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. What does family mean to the author? How does Filipino culture generally view family as an element of life? What different "families" did the author develop over time?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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