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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 receive in exchange for her alien-registration card at her citizenship ceremony?
(a) An American eagle token.
(b) Sheet music for the Star Spangled Banner.
(c) A miniature American flag.
(d) A slice of Apple pie.

2. In "Border," Lalami writes that by 1953 the border zone was expanded from 25 miles to how may miles?
(a) 35.
(b) 75.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

3. What country did ISIS founder Ahmed Fadhil al-Nazal al-Khalaylah go to Afghanistan to help fight against?
(a) China.
(b) Soviet Union.
(c) The United States.
(d) Morocco.

4. What is one of the strict rules of Islam Lalami says she learned in middle school?
(a) She learned that she could no longer go to school.
(b) She learned that she could not eat certain foods.
(c) She learned that men had authority over women and acted as their guardians.
(d) She learned she was not allowed to be seen in public.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What group did ISIS founder Ahmed Fadhil al-Nazal al-Khalaylah join after dropping out of high school?

2. What does Lalami say happens after an ISIS attack?

3. According to Lalami in "Tribe," Blacks are disproportionately denied mortgage loans compared to their white counterparts despite what act?

4. In "Allegiance," what does Lalami says happens to Arabs and Muslims when they question the U.S. war in Afghanistan or Iraq?

5. When Obama was running for president, Lalami says a women in a town hall told John McCain she could not trust Obama. What reason did she cite for this distrust?

(see the answer key)

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