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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a question Lalami says is often asked when women accuse a man of sexual assault years after it is said to have occurred?
(a) What did she do to encourage it?
(b) Why did they not say something sooner?
(c) Has she thought of how this might impact his family?
(d) Why would she try to damage his reputation after so many years?

2. During Dr. Ford's testimony, what did she say she could never forget about the night in question?
(a) The smell of alcohol on the accused men's breath.
(b) Her unanswered screams for help.
(c) The laughter of the accused men.
(d) The noise of the party outside the room.

3. What event occurred while Lalami lived in Koreatown which made her feel closer to her neighbors?
(a) A wild fire.
(b) A pandemic.
(c) A drought.
(d) An earthquake.

4. What Jefferson quote does Lalami note at the end of "Do Not Despair This Country"?
(a) "I do not despair of this country."
(b) "All men are created equal."
(c) “It is better to be alone than in bad company."
(d) "Institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times."

5. What does Lalami say happened as a result of the crack epidemic in the 1980s?
(a) Drug prevention education became more prevalent in schools.
(b) Mass incarceration of Black men and women.
(c) The stigma against drug addiction was shattered.
(d) More access to drug treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Lalami cites in "Do Not Despair This Country," as a path to equal citizenship in America?

2. In what year was citizenship extended to Native Americans?

3. How much do Black women make per every dollar a man makes, according to Lalami in "Caste"?

4. At the time of Trump's promise of a Muslim ban, how long had it been since a national of the countries in the ban perpetrated an attack on U.S. soil?

5. What author does Lalami quote as saying, "How extremely expensive it is to be poor" (129)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Despite growing up poor, what advantage did Lalami have in Morocco which she said "granted [her] access to elite groups" (127)?

2. How are poor people kept from running for government office, according to Lalami in "Tribe"?

3. What happened to Lalami at the Casablanca office, the progressive paper she worked for after college?

4. According to Lalami in "Tribe," how are white people and nonwhite people treated differently in public spaces?

5. Describe the TV producer at Channel One where Lalami worked after grad school. How does she think her firing had to do with him?

6. In what aspects of one's life does Lalami say being Black has a negative impact?

7. What does Lalami say happens when white men commit mass killings in the U.S.?

8. How did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fund her run for office?

9. In "Tribe," what is Lalami's response to those white people, typically poor or recent immigrants, who claim to not benefit from white privilege?

10. In what ways were the crack epidemic and the opioid epidemic handled differently and why?

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