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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was citizenship extended to Native Americans?
(a) 1864.
(b) 1924.
(c) 2014.
(d) 1724.

2. Why did the U.S. repatriate 2 million Mexicans in the 1930s?
(a) Mexico demanded they be sent back.
(b) There was a global pandemic.
(c) They wanted to go home.
(d) They were being blamed for the economic downturn.

3. Which Amendment, passed in 1868, gave Blacks citizenship status?
(a) The 1st Amendment.
(b) The 4th Amendment.
(c) The 5th Amendment.
(d) The 14th Amendment.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Borders," what does Lalami say Spain began to do in 1991 after more Moroccans sought work in Melilla?

2. What did talk show host Bill Maher say on his show that resulted in advertisers pulling their ads?

3. Lalami cites a poll at the end of "Faith," in which how many people said they would not vote for a Muslim presidential candidate?

4. What was the median household income for Black households in 2017?

5. In what ways does Lalami say she lives in the so-called gray zone in the chapter "Faith"?

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