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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. Which Amendment, passed in 1868, gave Blacks citizenship status?
(a) The 5th Amendment.
(b) The 1st Amendment.
(c) The 4th Amendment.
(d) The 14th Amendment.

2. In "Caste," what does Lalami cite as an example of policy which worked to oppress the Black vote?
(a) Only advertising election days and time to white people.
(b) Banning Black people from voting if white people were in line.
(c) Sending Black people to separate voting stations that were often too far to get to.
(d) The implementation of poll taxes.

3. What is a question Lalami says is often asked when women accuse a man of sexual assault years after it is said to have occurred?
(a) Has she thought of how this might impact his family?
(b) What did she do to encourage it?
(c) Why would she try to damage his reputation after so many years?
(d) Why did they not say something sooner?

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

5. How does Lalami describe California's attitude toward the poor at the start of "Caste"?
(a) She says California is particularly hostile toward the poor.
(b) She says California relies on the poor for government funding.
(c) She says California relies on the poor to do low-paying work.
(d) She says California is particularly generous toward the poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lalami write happened to Blasey Ford after she came forward?

2. What are some things Lalami's says are discussed when a white person commits a mass killing?

3. How much do Hispanic women make per every dollar a white man makes, according to Lalami in "Caste"?

4. What race does Lalami say constitutes the majority of welfare recipients in "Caste"?

5. What country does Lalami say tends to place blame on poor people for their state of poverty?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Aside from race, what are other conditions Lalami says impacts a citizens relationship with the state in "Do Not Despair This Country"?

4. Why do you think Lalami did not tell anyone about the flea infestation in her first apartment in Koreatown?

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

6. In "Tribe," how does Lalami define what she calls "white anxiety" (97)?

7. How was Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's life impacted after she came forward with allegations against Kavanaugh? What was the end result for Kavanaugh?

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

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

10. According to Lalami in "Tribe," how are white people and nonwhite people treated differently in public spaces?

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