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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Morocco gain its independence?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1956.
(c) 2013.
(d) 1985.

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

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

4. 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 proposed to deport all undocumented immigrants within five years.
(b) Prop 187 would deny undocumented immigrants access to public education and healthcare.
(c) Prop 187 proposed to built a longer wall on the California-Mexico border.
(d) Prop 187 would deny visas to all incoming immigrants.

5. Why was Lalami's impoverished state during grad school different from others in her apartment building?
(a) Her poverty was intentional as she had chosen to give up all material possessions.
(b) She could rarely pay rent on time.
(c) She expected to get a well-paying job when she finished school.
(d) She made far less than other tenants in her building.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lalami say people from industrialized countries who immigrate are called in "Assimilation"?

2. In "Assimilation," what example did Lalami's airplane seatmate give of Koreans in Gardena, California refusing to assimilate?

3. Under which presidential administration was the war in Iraq launched?

4. What country did ISIS founder Ahmed Fadhil al-Nazal al-Khalaylah go to Afghanistan to help fight against?

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

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