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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. In Chapter 5, what is Peralta's reading assignment for the summer from Prep?

2. What is the name of Peralta's family's church through most of his youth?

3. Who is the only one in Peralta's family eligible for federal assistance?

4. What day does Peralta's father leave the United States for good?

5. Which train does Peralta take to see his aunts in the Bronx?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does one of Maria's friends think that Peralta might not be her son?

2. In Part I, what is one of Peralta's early negative experiences with police?

3. What differences does Peralta feel between his neighborhood in Harlem and the Upper West Side, where his private school is located?

4. Why does Peralta's mother tell him he needs to be prepared for something happening to her?

5. What does Jeff suggest Peralta does that changes his life in Part II?

6. Why do Peralta and Yando keep their shoes on in the shower at the homeless shelter?

7. What does Peralta do at Resurrection Sunday school to make the teacher want to introduce him to the priest?

8. Why is Peralta's mother reluctant to return to the Dominican Republic?

9. How does Peralta's family afford to eat when he and Yando are young children and his mother can not work for lack of papers?

10. What does Peralta have to work on before he applies to Collegiate in Part II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Peralta's father insist on moving back to the Dominican Republic, while his mother is so intent on staying in America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does hearing some of his Princeton classmates' hard-line views on immigration change Peralta's ideas about his own role in the country's immigration debate? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Peralta's stress and anxiety about his immigration status affect his life throughout his years at Princeton? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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