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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year did California begin fingerprinting welfare recipients?

3. What does Lalami say is the "absence of race" (94) in "Tribe"?

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

5. What does Lalami say happened as a result of the crack epidemic in the 1980s?

Short Essay Questions

1. What wealth distribution disparities between Blacks and whites, men and women, does Lalami note at the end of "Caste"?

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

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

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

5. What does Lalami say at the end of "Caste" in regards to the level of wealth men like Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett have?

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

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

8. What does Lalami suggest Tom's treatment of Jim Huckleberry Finn represents at the start of "Tribe"?

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 were the crack epidemic and the opioid epidemic handled differently and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a brief essay analyzing the title Conditional Citizens. How would you define conditional citizens? Who are conditional citizens? Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay comparing and contrasting Lalami's experience in Morocco to her experience in America. Focus on how these similarities and differences develop the themes of inequality, citizenship, and progress.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Lalami's focus on the theme of inequality as presented in Conditional Citizens.

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