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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country ruled Morocco when Lalami's mother was born in 1941?
(a) The United States.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

2. What religion was Lalami's mother forced to follow after being sent to an orphanage after her parents died?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Judaism.

3. What does Lalami say she observed in Marfa, where she arrived after being stopped at the Sierra Blanca border?
(a) The community actively protested the border wall.
(b) Despite the border wall the town was full of immigrants.
(c) Border agents were everywhere.
(d) People did not know there were checkpoints throughout the United States.

4. Who does Lalami cite in "Caste" as an anomaly for funding her own campaign with bartending money and individual donors?
(a) Kamal Harris.
(b) Elizabeth Warren.
(c) Hillary Clinton.
(d) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

5. In "Assimilation," what example did Lalami's airplane seatmate give of Koreans in Gardena, California refusing to assimilate?
(a) Koreans refuse to socialize with Americans.
(b) Korean families send their kids to school to learn Korean.
(c) Koreans still dress like they do in Korea.
(d) Koreans refuse to eat American cuisine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some things Lalami says Border patrol agents are allowed to ask for at U.S. checkpoints?

2. Which United States presidential administration does Lalami say helped to fund the Mujahideen when ISIS leaders joined them in Afghanistan?

3. In "Borders," what does Lalami say people are not protected by at U.S. entry points?

4. In what year did Morocco gain its independence?

5. According to Lalami in the chapter "Borders," how many Americans live in a border zone?

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