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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the book The Fire Next Time?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) Ibram X. Kendi.
(d) James Baldwin.

2. About how old was the author the last time he saw his father?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 11.
(d) 4.

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

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

5. Who was the governor of California in 1994?
(a) Don Graham.
(b) Len Downie.
(c) Pete Wilson.
(d) Peter Baker.

6. What led to the death of the author's maternal grandfather (Lolo)?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Colon cancer.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Leukemia.

7. How many people were killed as a result of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico?
(a) 4,645.
(b) 1,645.
(c) 3,424.
(d) 2,753.

8. When was the author released from detention by immigration officials, according to his narrative in Part 3, Chapter 12?
(a) September 11, 2014.
(b) March 1, 2015.
(c) July 15, 2014.
(d) May 12, 2014.

9. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 16?
(a) "Facing Myself."
(b) "Campaign 2008."
(c) "Second Coming Out."
(d) "Thirty."

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

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

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

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

14. According to the SSA, unauthorized workers have paid approximately how much into the fund over the past decade?
(a) $5.3 million.
(b) $300.1 billion.
(c) $100 billion.
(d) $2.2 million.

15. Where was Paola Mendoza born?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Nicaragua.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Brazil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation located?

2. How old was the author as he wrote Part 3, Chapter 12?

3. Who was the editor of The New Yorker that was uninterested in publishing the author's essay on coming out as an undocumented immigrant?

4. When was the author's "coming out" article published in the New York Times Magazine?

5. Who plays the leading role of the president in The American President?

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