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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author does Lalami quote as saying, "How extremely expensive it is to be poor" (129)?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Richard Wright.

2. Lalami ends the chapter "Borders," saying that border walls have been monuments of what?
(a) Triumph.
(b) Pride.
(c) Failure.
(d) Disgrace.

3. In "Borders," what does Lalami say grew after Spain transitioned from a dictatorship to a democracy starting in 1975?
(a) Economic disparities between France and Spain.
(b) Political tension between Spain and France.
(c) Economic disparities between Spain and Morocco.
(d) Language barriers between the Spanish and the Moroccans.

4. At what percent does Lalami say Latinx children are becoming proficient in English?
(a) 45%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 100%.

5. What administration in 1990 enacted a law that would allow more immigrants to apply for visas?
(a) Bush.
(b) Clinton.
(c) Obama.
(d) Trump.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Caste," what does Lalami cite as an example of policy which worked to oppress the Black vote?

2. What issue did Lalami encounter in her first apartment in L.A.?

3. When a woman in the audience asks Lalami about her upbringing in Morocco, what topic did the conversation shift to?

4. What does Lalami note about the 5 freeway where the Canadian border is?

5. Approximately what percent of enslaved people brought to America does Lalami say were Muslim in "Faith"?

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