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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author when he applied for an entry-level job at the San Francisco Chronicle?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 22.
(d) 19.

2. Where do the upper-class suburbanits live in the musical Ragtime?
(a) Tidesville, Oklahoma.
(b) New Rochelle, New York.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) Harlem, New York.

3. When was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 repealed?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1965.

4. Who suggested to the author that he get an entry-level job at the San Francisco Chronicle?
(a) Jim Strand.
(b) Rufus Jeffris.
(c) Teresa Moore.
(d) Mary Moore.

5. What was the student newspaper at Mountain View High School when the author was attending?
(a) The Crystal.
(b) The Daily Alert.
(c) The Chronicle.
(d) The Oracle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author's grandfather changed his name to from Teofilo after becoming a legal U.S. citizen?

2. Who was the chairman of the Washington Post Company when the author began his two-year internship there?

3. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 14?

4. Who was the principal at Mountain View High School when the author attended?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vargas describe the day he departed the Philippines? How old was he?

2. When was the Chinese Exclusion Act enacted and repealed? What did it decree?

3. What did Mrs. Wakefield say to Vargas about his race in Part 1, Chapter 4?

4. How did the author get his first driver's license?

5. What led to the author confessing his undocumented status to Mrs. Denny?

6. When was the first time the author willfully broke the law? Why?

7. How does the author briefly describe the colonial history of the Philippine islands in Part 1, Chapter 5?

8. What musical was the author moved by when watching the 1998 Tony Awards? Why?

9. How did the author's grandparents feel about him moving to Washington, DC to work at the Washington Post? Why?

10. What story did the author tell his class about his dog Rambo in Part 1, Chapter 2?

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