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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Operation Hold the Line apprehensions at the border decreased, what increased?
(a) The number of visa applicants.
(b) The number of people applying for citizenship.
(c) The number of nearby illegal crossings.
(d) The number of people applying to be border patrol agents.

2. 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?
(a) 1790.
(b) 1990.
(c) 2009.
(d) 1890.

3. In "Caste," what does Lalami say gave her "access to elite groups" (127) despite growing up poor?
(a) Getting good grades.
(b) Being fluent in French.
(c) Wearing fancy clothes.
(d) Shunning poor students.

4. What box does Lalami say she used to check when first confronted with American paperwork that included a section on race?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Other.
(d) Black and white.

5. Who does Lalami cite in "Caste" as an anomaly for funding her own campaign with bartending money and individual donors?
(a) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
(b) Hillary Clinton.
(c) Elizabeth Warren.
(d) Kamal Harris.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Amado Martinez-Fuerte charged with?

3. In what year was the first mosque built in America after Syrian and Lebanese homesteaders arrived in the country?

4. What is one reason Lalami is taken aback when the woman in the audience at her reading of her novel asked about ISIS?

5. What religion was Lalami's mother forced to follow after being sent to an orphanage after her parents died?

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