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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. What does Lalami say about how women who "speak clearly and forcefully" (144) are viewed?
(a) They are viewed with the same respect as quiet, reserved women.
(b) They are viewed as paradigms of femininity.
(c) They are viewed as arrogant and aggressive.
(d) They are held in high esteem.

2. Which 1790 act described in "Tribe," limited citizenship to "free white persons" (103)?
(a) The Free White Persons Act.
(b) The Naturalization Act.
(c) The Citizenship Act.
(d) The Immigration Act.

3. 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) The United States Government.
(c) Sexism.
(d) Prejudice.

4. What was the median household income for Black households in 2017?
(a) $63,412.
(b) $40,258.
(c) $87,315.
(d) $25,817.

5. What year did Arabs begin to petition for their own separate box on the U.S. census?
(a) 1990.
(b) 2019.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lalami decide not to go to HR after she was fired from her first job after grad school?

2. At the end of "Do Not Despair This Country," what does Lalami say must be overturned?

3. What issue did Lalami encounter in her first apartment in L.A.?

4. What was Lalami required to do at home as an adolescent which her brother was not?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How are poor people kept from running for government office, according to Lalami in "Tribe"?

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

3. In what ways were the crack epidemic and the opioid epidemic handled differently and why?

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

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

6. What does Lalami say happens when white men commit mass killings in the U.S.?

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

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

9. Who coined the term "white fragility," and what does it mean?

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

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