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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 8 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary device stands out in the following sentence from Part 2, Chapter 10: "Since the beginning of my journalism career, there was no escaping the fact that I was lying about myself so I could survive in a profession dependent on truth-telling" (97)?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Irony.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

2. Who was the executive editor for the Washington Post when the author began his two-year internship there?
(a) Craig Walker.
(b) Jim Strand.
(c) Don Graham.
(d) Len Downie.

3. By what name did the author call his grandfather as a child?
(a) Lola.
(b) Lolo.
(c) Papa.
(d) Popo.

4. When did the author publicly declare his undocumented status?
(a) 2014.
(b) 2018.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2011.

5. In the coverage that won the author and his team the Pulitzer Prize, his contribution was an interview with a key eyewitness that he reached because he knew how to use what?
(a) Twitter.
(b) MySpace.
(c) Facebook.
(d) YouTube.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gail Wade teach at a nearby middle school?

2. From what television show did the author adopt saying "cool beans" (49)?

3. Where did David Hoffman go to lunch with the author after he had written a story about video games being the rock and roll of the war in Iraq?

4. Who was the pretty girl in class that told the author "You don't really look Filipino" (17)?

5. When did the author apply for a paid summer internship at the Philadelphia Daily News?

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