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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 did many Republicans conclude about Christine Blasey Ford's testimony?
(a) She was telling the truth, but identified the wrong perpetrator.
(b) She was being paid by Democrats to lie.
(c) She was telling the truth and thus the Supreme Court nomination should not proceed.
(d) She was being untruthful.

2. What year does Christine Blasey Ford say the event in her testimony occurred?
(a) 2004.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1982.
(d) 2012.

3. Who does Lalami say was most impacted by the 1980s crack epidemic?
(a) Rural white communities.
(b) Black communities.
(c) Urban white communities.
(d) Muslim communities.

4. Lalami states that Trump's Muslim ban was another another attempt to maintain what?
(a) The English language.
(b) World power.
(c) White demographic dominance.
(d) White male privilege.

5. Lalami begins the chapter "Tribe" with a conversation she had with her daughter while reading what book?
(a) Huckleberry Finn.
(b) The Black Stallion.
(c) The Boxcar Children.
(d) Where the Wild Things Are.

Short Answer Questions

1. What race does Lalami say are often characterized as constituting the majority of welfare recipients?

2. 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?

3. Despite being secular, what common Muslim rule did Lalami's father enforce?

4. In "Tribe," what category does Lalami say Arabs fall under in the U.S.?

5. What event occurred while Lalami lived in Koreatown which made her feel closer to her neighbors?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who coined the term "white privilege," and what does it mean?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who coined the term "white fragility," and what does it mean?

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