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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 other Supreme Court nominee does Lalami cite for having been sworn in after being accused of sexual harassment?
(a) John Edwards.
(b) Samuel Alito.
(c) Stephen Breyer.
(d) Clarence Thomas.

2. What year did California begin fingerprinting welfare recipients?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1964.
(d) 2014.

3. At the end of "Do Not Despair This Country," what does Lalami say must be overturned?
(a) The militarization of borders.
(b) The Muslim ban.
(c) Restrictive voting policies.
(d) Roe v. Wade.

4. How does Lalami describe California's attitude toward the poor at the start of "Caste"?
(a) She says California relies on the poor to do low-paying work.
(b) She says California is particularly hostile toward the poor.
(c) She says California is particularly generous toward the poor.
(d) She says California relies on the poor for government funding.

5. What is the first thing Lalami cites in "Do Not Despair This Country," as a path to equal citizenship in America?
(a) The right to physical privacy.
(b) Ensuring quality education for everyone.
(c) Access to quality healthcare regardless of race or class.
(d) Ensuring equal voting rights for all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lalami's brother required to do as an adolescent that Lalami was not?

2. In 2010, after campaign for a write in option on the census marked "Other" what were Arabs informed would happen if they checked other and wrote in Arab?

3. What similarity does Lalami note between Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh's testimony?

4. What term did Peggy McIntosh term which refers to “a range of systemic unearned advantages that benefit white people” (98).

5. What is something Lalami says she and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford have in common?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lalami believe regarding the American belief that women rights are far more advanced here than in other countries?

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

3. What does Lalami describe about her neighbors in Koreatown after an earthquake hit?

4. How was Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's life impacted after she came forward with allegations against Kavanaugh? What was the end result for Kavanaugh?

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

6. How did Lalami's parents' expectations of her begin to differ from that of her brother when she reached adolescence?

7. In "Tribe," what does Lalami note about how American students are taught about Black figures?

8. What are some examples Lalami indicates in "Caste," of how poor people have been denied rights like voting?

9. In the final chapter, what are some things Lalami notes must happen in order for there to be equal citizenship it the United States?

10. In what ways does Thomas Jefferson's claim that "all men are created equal" contradict his life?

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