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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1992, Pat Buchanan ran for the Republican nomination saying he was focused on preserving what?
(a) American prosperity.
(b) American nationalism.
(c) Multiculturalism.
(d) Our Western heritage.

2. What issue did Lalami encounter in her first apartment in L.A.?
(a) A leaky ceiling.
(b) Cockroaches.
(c) A flea infestation.
(d) Mice.

3. What is one of the strict rules of Islam Lalami says she learned in middle school?
(a) She learned she was not allowed to be seen in public.
(b) She learned that she could not eat certain foods.
(c) She learned that men had authority over women and acted as their guardians.
(d) She learned that she could no longer go to school.

4. What border wall does Lalami say Nixon condemned during his presidency?
(a) The Great Wall of China.
(b) The Berlin Wall in Germany.
(c) The Melilla border wall in Morocco.
(d) The Mexico-United States Border Wall.

5. While Lalami lived in Koreatown, she writes that Govern Pete Wilson ran in favor of Prop 187. What did this policy propose to do in regards to immigrants?
(a) Prop 187 would deny undocumented immigrants access to public education and healthcare.
(b) Prop 187 proposed to deport all undocumented immigrants within five years.
(c) Prop 187 would deny visas to all incoming immigrants.
(d) Prop 187 proposed to built a longer wall on the California-Mexico border.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Melilla's border different from when Lalami was a child?

2. What country ruled Morocco when Lalami's mother was born in 1941?

3. Why was there a border at the city of Melilla in Morocco which Lalami recalls from her childhood?

4. According to Lalami in the chapter "Borders," how many Americans live in a border zone?

5. What border wall does Lalami say Reagan condemned during his presidency?

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