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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 10?
(a) "Alone."
(b) "Facing Myself."
(c) "Thirty."
(d) "Interview."

2. Who was the editor of The New Yorker that was uninterested in publishing the author's essay on coming out as an undocumented immigrant?
(a) Len Downie.
(b) David Remnick.
(c) Don Graham.
(d) Peter Baker.

3. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 8?
(a) "Lawyers."
(b) "Facing Myself."
(c) "Second Coming Out."
(d) "National Security Threat."

4. When did the author first become a Bank of America customer when he opened his only bank account?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1996.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1999.

5. Approximately how much money does the state of California collect in taxes from undocumented immigrants?
(a) $5.3 billion.
(b) $3.1 billion.
(c) $2.2 million.
(d) $3.9 million.

6. What does "ITIN" stand for?
(a) Independent Taxpayer Identification Number.
(b) Immigrant Taxpayer Identification Number.
(c) Individual Taxpayer Identification Number.
(d) Impending Taxpayer Identification Number.

7. Where did the author procure a new driver's license after his Oregon license expired?
(a) Washington.
(b) Texas.
(c) California.
(d) Nevada.

8. Who is the president of the Philippines (as of September, 2020)?
(a) Don Graham.
(b) Rufus Jeffris.
(c) Craig Walker.
(d) Rodrigo Duterte.

9. How many people attended the author's thirtieth birthday party?
(a) 40.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

10. According to a 2014 article in Politico, how much of our tax dollars have been spent on border and immigration control since 9/11, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 7?
(a) $100 billion.
(b) $75 billion.
(c) $150 billion.
(d) $50 billion.

11. What was the title of the cover story on undocumented immigrants written by the author for Time magazine?
(a) "The Days of ICE and Waiting in Terror."
(b) "We Are Americans, Just Not Legally."
(c) "Off the Rails."
(d) "Living in Unknown Times."

12. Who led ICE in 2011?
(a) Kathleen Brown.
(b) Rufus Jeffris.
(c) John Morton.
(d) Peter Baker.

13. When did the author meet Jake at the Goggle headquarters, according to his narrative in Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2007.

14. Who wrote the poem "The White Man's Burden"?
(a) William Winters.
(b) Andrew DuBroc.
(c) Rudyard Kipling.
(d) James Joyce.

15. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 17?
(a) "Second Coming Out."
(b) "Off the Rails."
(c) "Outlaw."
(d) "Facing Myself."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did President George W. Bush shutter when he created the Department of Homeland Security?

2. What did the interviewer call the man who brought the author into America in Part 3, Chapter 10?

3. On what date did the author's friend Jake die?

4. When was the author detained by immigration officials?

5. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, undocumented immigrants nationwide pay what estimated percent of their incomes in state and local taxes on average?

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