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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was there a border at the city of Melilla in Morocco which Lalami recalls from her childhood?
(a) Because all cities in Morocco had borders.
(b) Because Melilla was controlled by France.
(c) Because Melilla was part of Spain.
(d) Because Melilla was part of the United States.

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

3. Why was Lalami's mother-in-law living with her at the time of the twin tower attacks?
(a) She was suffering dementia.
(b) She had just had knee surgery.
(c) Lalami needed help with their daughter.
(d) She was in the middle of a divorce.

4. What does Lalami say she observed in Marfa, where she arrived after being stopped at the Sierra Blanca border?
(a) Border agents were everywhere.
(b) The community actively protested the border wall.
(c) Despite the border wall the town was full of immigrants.
(d) People did not know there were checkpoints throughout the United States.

5. Whom did the 1924 Johnson Reed Act ban from immigrating to the United States?
(a) Asians.
(b) Muslims.
(c) Africans.
(d) Mexicans.

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. How much do Black women make per every dollar a man makes, according to Lalami in "Caste"?

3. At the start of "Tribe," Lalami states that white people tend to be uncomfortable discussing what subject?

4. In "Assimilation," Lalami cites a New York Times article complaining that Chinese people do not assimilate like other cultures did. What year was this article published?

5. What is one of the strict rules of Islam Lalami says she learned in middle school?

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