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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Inheritance," and "Do Not Despair This Country" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lalami required to do at home as an adolescent which her brother was not?
(a) Run errands.
(b) Clean.
(c) Do yard work.
(d) Make small household repairs.

2. In "Allegiance," how many leads does Lalami say the NYPD Demographics Unit generated in six years?
(a) Dozens.
(b) Zero.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Thousands.

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

4. According to Lalami, the following is a definition of what: “a system that gives members of the dominant group both immediate and generational benefits that are not accessible to members of non-dominant groups” (99).
(a) Racism.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) The United States Government.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During Dr. Ford's testimony, what did she say she could never forget about the night in question?

2. How does Lalami describe California's attitude toward the poor at the start of "Caste"?

3. How does Lalami say her editor responded when a famous columnist asked her to sit on his lap?

4. In "Borders," what does Lalami say grew after Spain transitioned from a dictatorship to a democracy starting in 1975?

5. How much was the rent which Lalami and her boyfriend shared when she moved out of Koreatown to a better area?

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