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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Peter Perl's wife?

2. The author's father was one of how many children?

3. What languages did the author speak with his grandparents and uncle at home after he moved in with them?

4. Who led the after-school book club that the author attended in eighth grade?

5. How many undocumented immigrants are estimated to be in the United States, according to the author in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when the author was pulled over in 2008?

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

3. What is the "Master Narrative" and where did this term originate?

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

5. How is the book structured? How are the chapters set up?

6. How does the author describe President Trump's perceptions of undocumented immigrants in the Prologue?

7. What was Peter Perl's position at the Post when the author was doing his two-year internship there? Why did the author turn to Perl about his citizenship situation?

8. How was the author able to attend college?

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

10. Who is Rich Fischer? How did the author come to know him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's media appearances since his first "coming out" essay in the New York Times Magazine. On what media outlets has he been a guest? What does he remark about these experiences? How have these experiences shaped the author's perspectives?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the colonial history of the Philippines. Who first colonized the Philippines? How did this colonization influence culture, economy, and politics of the region? What country took "ownership" of the Philippines after this? How did this influence the country's culture, economy, and politics?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the history of immigration policies in the United States from 1965-2016. What federal law was enacted in 1965 regarding immigration and how did this affect discrimination against particular groups of immigrants? How did these policies enable the author's family members to immigrate to the U.S.? What changed so that the author was unable to immigrate legally?

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