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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Caste" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the median household income for Black households in 2017?
(a) $40,258.
(b) $25,817.
(c) $63,412.
(d) $87,315.

2. Why did residents of Arivaca, Arizona set up a watch group at a border, according to Lalami in "Borders"?
(a) To help immigrants cross over illegally.
(b) To help the border agents because they lost funding.
(c) To stop illegal border crossings.
(d) Because of an increase in racial profiling.

3. Why did the U.S. repatriate 2 million Mexicans in the 1930s?
(a) Mexico demanded they be sent back.
(b) There was a global pandemic.
(c) They wanted to go home.
(d) They were being blamed for the economic downturn.

4. What event occurred while Lalami lived in Koreatown which made her feel closer to her neighbors?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A drought.
(c) A pandemic.
(d) A wild fire.

5. How much was the rent which Lalami and her boyfriend shared when she moved out of Koreatown to a better area?
(a) $1200.
(b) $900.
(c) $1700.
(d) $750.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the first mosque built in America after Syrian and Lebanese homesteaders arrived in the country?

2. What changes did Lalami witness when she was in middle school and social conservatism took hold in Morocco?

3. What was the median household income for white families in 2017?

4. Which United States presidential administration does Lalami say helped to fund the Mujahideen when ISIS leaders joined them in Afghanistan?

5. Whom did the 1924 Johnson Reed Act ban from immigrating to the United States?

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