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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. When did the author first become a Bank of America customer when he opened his only bank account?

2. How old was the author's mother when she sent him to live in the U.S.?

3. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 12?

4. According to the SSA, unauthorized workers have paid approximately how much into the fund over the past decade?

5. When did the U.S. claim victory in the Mexican-American War?

Short Essay Questions

1. When was the author's "coming out" essay published? Where was it published and what reaction did it initially receive?

2. How does the author describe his "emotional borders" in Part 3, Chapter 3 (187)?

3. What is Define American and when was it founded?

4. How does the author compare his "second coming out" with his first "coming out"?

5. What does the author say of the cost of enforcing our laws and protecting our borders in Part 3, Chapter 7?

6. What did the lawyers that Vargas spoke to before writing his "coming out" essay advise him to do?

7. How is the author's thirtieth birthday party described?

8. Who was the only person to ask the author a question after his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2013? What was asked?

9. What are some of the many things that an "illegal" cannot do, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 2?

10. Who in his family does the author describe losing prior to his thirtieth birthday in Part 2, Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the themes of ambition and rebellion in Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. How do these themes develop through the author's actions in the narrative? Against what did the author rebel? Why did he rebel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the influences of television, film, theater, and music on the author as he immersed himself into American culture. What shows/films/plays/musicals did he watch? How did they shape his perspective? What kinds of music did the author listen to? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the author's arrest and detention in McAllen, Texas. When did the arrest and detention take place? Where was the author held? For hold long was he held? Why was he released?

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