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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. What California ballot initiative sought to ban "illegal" people from using public services in 1994?
2. Who was the top editor for the Mountain View Voice when the author began his internship there?
3. When did the author's aunt Florie move to America?
4. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 14?
5. In the coverage that won the author and his team the Pulitzer Prize, his contribution was an interview with a key eyewitness that he reached because he knew how to use what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was the author able to attend college?
2. What does the author state most Americans know about the immigration process in his experience?
3. What does the author describe as his "first legal American papers" (2) in the Prologue?
4. Who is Rich Fischer? How did the author come to know him?
5. 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?
6. What does the author say this book is about (and not about) in the Prologue?
7. How did the author's relationship with his grandparents change during high school?
8. What inspired the author to come out as gay? When did this happen?
9. What did Mrs. Wakefield say to Vargas about his race in Part 1, Chapter 4?
10. How does the author describe the racial and ethnic makeup of Crittenden Middle School in Part 1, Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does "being an American citizen" mean to you? How has this book influenced your thinking on what citizenship means? What does citizenship NOT mean?
Essay Topic 2
In Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, the book is divided into three parts. Name each of these parts and discuss the meaning of the titles. How do these titles reflect upon the universality of the undocumented immigrant experience? How do they apply directly to the author's experiences? What symbolism connects to these titles?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of radical transparency in Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. What does this term mean? How is it demonstrated through the author's actions? What have been the repercussions he has faced as a result of radical transparency?
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