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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 15 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What television station collaborated with the Define American organization to produce an hourlong primetime special called White People?
(a) MTV.
(b) ABC.
(c) NBC.
(d) CBS.

2. Who was the venture capitalist that created the scholarship program that allowed the author to attend college?
(a) Teresa Moore.
(b) Mary Moore.
(c) Jim Strand.
(d) Rufus Jeffris.

3. Who did the author reach out to at the New York Times when the Washington Post decided to kill his "coming out" essay?
(a) Len Downie.
(b) David Remnick.
(c) Peter Baker.
(d) Don Graham.

4. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 15?
(a) "Thirty."
(b) "Campaign 2008."
(c) "Second Coming Out."
(d) "Lawyers."

5. What languages did the author speak with his grandparents and uncle at home after he moved in with them?
(a) Spanish or English.
(b) Tagalog or Sambali.
(c) Japanese or English.
(d) Malay or Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "ITIN" stand for?

2. The author states in Part 2, Chapter 17, "To achieve journalistic 'objectivity,' we sacrifice" what (127)?

3. From what airport did the author depart the Philippines when he first came to the U.S.?

4. Who was the top editor for the Mountain View Voice when the author began his internship there?

5. Who was Karen Willemsen's father-in-law that lived in Portland in 2003?

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