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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. Approximately how many people were deported by ICE in 2009?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 427,000.
(c) 390,000.
(d) 520,000.
2. 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."
3. How old did the author say his mother would turn this year in Part 3, Chapter 12?
(a) 72.
(b) 66.
(c) 59.
(d) 61.
4. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 15?
(a) "Campaign 2008."
(b) "Thirty."
(c) "Lawyers."
(d) "Second Coming Out."
5. When was the author's "coming out" article published in the New York Times Magazine?
(a) March 12, 2012.
(b) June 22, 2011.
(c) September 5, 2011.
(d) July 12, 2010.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the title of the cover story on undocumented immigrants written by the author for Time magazine?
2. What is the name of the fictional president depicted in An American President?
3. Where was the Indian restaurant that the author organized his thirtieth birthday dinner at?
4. 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?
5. How old was the author as he wrote Part 3, Chapter 12?
Short Essay Questions
1. What led to the author's arrest and detainment in 2014?
2. What was "Operation Gatekeeper" and how successful was it?
3. How does the author describe his "emotional borders" in Part 3, Chapter 3 (187)?
4. Who in his family does the author describe losing prior to his thirtieth birthday in Part 2, Chapter 16?
5. How is the author's thirtieth birthday party described?
6. What did the lawyers that Vargas spoke to before writing his "coming out" essay advise him to do?
7. What are some of the many things that an "illegal" cannot do, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 2?
8. When was the author's "coming out" essay published? Where was it published and what reaction did it initially receive?
9. Who was the only person to ask the author a question after his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2013? What was asked?
10. What does the author say of the cost of enforcing our laws and protecting our borders in Part 3, Chapter 7?
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