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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Borders," what example does Lalami cite of the increasingly divisive rhetoric coming from the Trump administration in regards to border walls?
(a) A border wall would separate cleanliness from pollution.
(b) A border wall would separate the educated from the uneducated.
(c) A border wall would separate bad laws from good laws.
(d) A border wall would separate decent people from criminals.

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

3. Lalami writes that border walls have put migration routes in the hands of whom?
(a) Corrupt police.
(b) Border agents.
(c) Traffickers.
(d) Government officials.

4. What does Lalami say happened as a result of the opioid epidemic?
(a) More policing in Black communities.
(b) There was a focus on drug treatment and counseling.
(c) Mass incarceration of Black men and women.
(d) Black communities were destroyed.

5. 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) The community actively protested the border wall.
(c) Border agents were everywhere.
(d) People did not know there were checkpoints throughout the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What border wall does Lalami say Nixon condemned during his presidency?

2. What term did Robin DiAngelo term which refers to the umbrage she claims many whites react with when being told that they likely profit from systemic racism?

3. In "Tribe," what does Lalami say about the way non-dominant languages are viewed in the United States?

4. Why was Lalami's mother-in-law living with her at the time of the twin tower attacks?

5. What does Lalami say is the "absence of race" (94) in "Tribe"?

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