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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lalami doing at the start of "Faith" when a woman in the audience asked about her upbringing in Morocco?
(a) Leading a discussion panel about Moroccan politics.
(b) Giving a reading from her latest novel.
(c) Teaching a class.
(d) Being interviewed for a talk show.

2. Rather than trying to assimilate to indigenous tribes, what did Europeans and early American settlers do to the natives?
(a) They stayed away from all indigenous peoples.
(b) They took children from families and sent them to boarding schools to learn their religion and culture.
(c) They found ways to work with the natives and honor their differences.
(d) They sent indigenous peoples to Europe.

3. What religion was Lalami's mother forced to follow after being sent to an orphanage after her parents died?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Judaism.

4. In "Caste," what does Lalami cite as an example of policy which worked to oppress the Black vote?
(a) The implementation of poll taxes.
(b) Banning Black people from voting if white people were in line.
(c) Only advertising election days and time to white people.
(d) Sending Black people to separate voting stations that were often too far to get to.

5. What group did ISIS founder Ahmed Fadhil al-Nazal al-Khalaylah join after dropping out of high school?
(a) Al Shabab.
(b) Taliban.
(c) The Mujahideen.
(d) Al Quaeda.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Borders," what example does Lalami cite of the increasingly divisive rhetoric coming from the Trump administration in regards to border walls?

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

3. What race does Lalami say constitutes the majority of welfare recipients in "Caste"?

4. How does Lalami describe California's attitude toward the poor at the start of "Caste"?

5. Why did residents of Arivaca, Arizona set up a watch group at a border, according to Lalami in "Borders"?

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