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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 was the executive editor for the Washington Post when the author began his two-year internship there?

2. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 13?

3. What is the author's mother's name?

4. Where did Maria Gabriela Pacheco grow up?

5. From what airport did the author depart the Philippines when he first came to the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What realization did Vargas have of his grandmother when they watched The Joy Luck Club together?

2. What does the author say about his relationship with his father in Part 1, Chapter 1?

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

4. What high school teacher got Vargas into journalism? Why?

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

6. 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?

7. How was the author able to attend college?

8. What is the DREAM Act and when was it introduced?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss immigration policies and perceptions of immigrants during the presidency of Donald Trump. How has Trump's platform approached the topic of immigration? What policies are in place regarding refugees? How has public opinion regarding immigration changed during the Trump administration?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the policies of U.S. Immigration during the Obama presidency. How did Obama's administration differ with those before it in terms of deportations and legal immigration? What policies focused on refugees? Does the author have a positive or negative opinion of Obama's immigration policies? Why?

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