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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote A Nation of Immigrants?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Len Downie.
(c) Walter Cronkite.
(d) James Joyce.

2. What is the author's vision of Canada in his imagination wrapped up in, according to his narrative in Part 3, Chapter 4?
(a) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
(b) The Sweet Hereafter.
(c) Anne of Green Gables.
(d) Vidodrome.

3. What was the name of the "coming out" article the author published in the New York Times Magazine?
(a) "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant."
(b) "Walking the Line of Citizenship."
(c) "Second Coming Out."
(d) "Life as an Outlaw in Anti-Immigrant America."

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

5. On what date did the author's friend Jake die?
(a) June 13, 2015.
(b) November 6, 2014.
(c) May 12, 2014.
(d) September 19, 2015.

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

7. Who was the only senator to ask a question of the author after he delivered his statement to Congress?
(a) Ted Cruz.
(b) Peter Baker.
(c) Jeff Sessions.
(d) Nancy Pelosi.

8. Approximately how many people were deported by ICE in 2010?
(a) 393,000.
(b) 427,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 520,000.

9. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 12?
(a) "Off the Rails."
(b) "Lawyers."
(c) "Outlaw."
(d) "Truth."

10. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 7?
(a) "Lawyers."
(b) "The Machine."
(c) "Thirty."
(d) "Second Coming Out."

11. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 4?
(a) "Outlaw."
(b) "Leaving."
(c) "Off the Rails."
(d) "Facing Myself."

12. Where did Ryan Eller live when the author met him?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Texas.
(d) Kentucky.

13. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 11?
(a) "Outlaw."
(b) "Cycle of Loss."
(c) "Off the Rails."
(d) "Alone."

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

15. How many times does the author say he has been a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher in Part 2, Chapter 17?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old did the author say his mother would turn this year in Part 3, Chapter 12?

2. Approximately how many people were deported by ICE in 2009?

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

4. Where did Jake grow up, according to the narrative in Part 3, Chapter 3?

5. Who is the president of the Philippines (as of September, 2020)?

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