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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. Where was the digital newsroom for the Washington Post located when the author began creating online videos to accompany his feature stories?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Texas.
(d) Tennessee.

2. When did the author arrive at the Washington Post to take on his two-year internship after college?
(a) April 2, 2005.
(b) June 2, 2002.
(c) March 3, 2003.
(d) June 2, 2004.

3. By what name did the author call his grandmother as a child?
(a) Lola.
(b) Momo.
(c) Mamaw.
(d) Lolo.

4. Over how many Filipino soldiers fought against the Japanese in World War II?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 150,000.

5. When did the author leave the Philippines to come to the U.S.?
(a) April 23, 1993.
(b) June 3, 1992.
(c) September 1, 1992.
(d) August 1, 1993.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the author first learn that his green card was fake?

3. What did the author score on his driving test in Oregon?

4. When did the author publicly declare his undocumented status?

5. 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)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shaped the author's perceptions about America before he arrived here? How did he perceive the reality after he arrived?

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

3. What are some of the television shows that the author watched in his immersion into American culture, as described in Part 1, Chapter 1? How did they influence him?

4. How does the author describe the racial and ethnic makeup of Crittenden Middle School in Part 1, Chapter 4?

5. What are the three options one had to get to America from Zambales at the time that Vargas's grandparents immigrated?

6. Why did turning thirty weigh especially heavy on the author?

7. How did the author's relationship with his grandparents change during high school?

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

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

10. What did the clerk at the DMV tell Vargas when he went to apply for a driver's license at age 16? How did this impact his life?

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