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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Lalami's impoverished state during grad school different from others in her apartment building?
(a) She expected to get a well-paying job when she finished school.
(b) She could rarely pay rent on time.
(c) She made far less than other tenants in her building.
(d) Her poverty was intentional as she had chosen to give up all material possessions.

2. What is Lalami doing at the start of "Faith" when a woman in the audience asked about her upbringing in Morocco?
(a) Being interviewed for a talk show.
(b) Giving a reading from her latest novel.
(c) Teaching a class.
(d) Leading a discussion panel about Moroccan politics.

3. What border wall does Lalami say Nixon condemned during his presidency?
(a) The Melilla border wall in Morocco.
(b) The Berlin Wall in Germany.
(c) The Mexico-United States Border Wall.
(d) The Great Wall of China.

4. What changes did Lalami witness when she was in middle school and social conservatism took hold in Morocco?
(a) More women began to wear headscarves and more people attended mosques.
(b) Parents began to arrange marriage for their daughters at a very young age.
(c) Fewer people got married or had children.
(d) Women stopped wearing headscarves and refused to marry.

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 refuse to eat American cuisine.
(d) Koreans still dress like they do in Korea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did residents of Arivaca, Arizona set up a watch group at a border, according to Lalami in "Borders"?

2. What term did Robin DiAngelo term which refers to the umbrage she claims many whites react with when being told that they likely profit from systemic racism?

3. At what percent does Lalami say Latinx children are becoming proficient in English?

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

5. What country ruled Morocco when Lalami's mother was born in 1941?

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