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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lalami say Muslims in America are required to do after an ISIS attack?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Hide out at home until things blow over.
(c) Condemn terrorism.
(d) Attend prayers at a mosque.

3. What does Lalami say was the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit?
(a) Lalami says the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit was to create new jobs in the city.
(b) Lalami says the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit was to find Muslims to deport.
(c) Lalami says the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit was to spy on Muslims.
(d) Lalami says the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit was to curb hate crimes against Muslims.

4. Who asked Lalaimi's husband how many camels he had to trade to make her his wife in "Allegiance"?
(a) A police officer in Texas.
(b) A border agent at L.A. International Airport.
(c) A border agent at the Hong Kong International Airport.
(d) A police officer in California.

5. When a woman in the audience asks Lalami about her upbringing in Morocco, what topic did the conversation shift to?
(a) Moroccan feminist scholars.
(b) ISIS.
(c) Moroccan politics.
(d) Moroccan cuisine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Melilla's border different from when Lalami was a child?

3. At what percent does Lalami say Latinx children are becoming proficient in English?

4. What are some things Lalami's says are discussed when a white person commits a mass killing?

5. What are some things Lalami says Border patrol agents are allowed to ask for at U.S. checkpoints?

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