Upfront Magazine Quiz - 9/8/17

A) she was too young to marry under Afghan law

B) the young people were from different ethnic groups, and Zakia's father did not approve of the marriage

C) Ali was not from Afghanistan

D) all of the above are correct

A) the police kill a person in custody

B) a Sunni Muslim murders a Shiite Muslim in the name of religion

C) male relatives of a girl kill her for doing something culturally forbidden

D) female relatives of a girl kill a man for speaking or flirting with the girl without permission

A) the U.S. military intervened in the country

B) the Soviet Union invaded the country

C) the Taliban took control of the country

D) none of the above are correct

A) Afghanistan's two largest cities

B) Afghanistan's two major religions

C) two Afghan citizens who helped Zakia and Ali avoid the police

D) the names of different ethnic groups in Afghanistan

A) Zakia and Ali married and hid from the police; they were taken into custody and later fled to the U.S.

B) Zakia and Ali met in police custody; they escaped and hid from police before fleeing to the U.S.

C) Zakia and Ali married; they were arrested and are now living in Afghanistan under house arrest

D) Zakia and Ali fled Afghanistan by boat; they later came to the U.S. to get married

A) declined significantly since 2010

B) tripled since 2000

C) shifted back to the U.S.

D) none of the above are correct

A) Nations overseas had more consumers to purchase clothing

B) Workers overseas were more skilled at manufacturing clothes

C) Factories overseas had lower labor costs

D) Companies could not find enough American workers to work in clothing factories

A) profits for clothing retailers began to drop suddenly

B) garment workers in China and Bangladesh went on strike

C) a fire destroyed the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City

D) a clothing factory collapsed in Bangladesh

A) Growing polyester requires pesticides

B) Polyester cannot be reused or recycled

C) The material is made from petroleum, and the manufacturing process releases dangerous gases

D) None of the above are correct

A) is mostly harmless

B) began within the past two decades

C) is illegal in the U.S. and many other countries

D) is quickly coming to an end

A) quickly discarded, or thrown away

B) overpriced by retailers

C) made from organic fabrics

D) actually very durable

A) Governor Faubus ordered the crowd outside the school to disperse

B) President Eisenhower sent federal troops to the school

C) Local police volunteered to escort the students through the school's front door

D) None of the above are correct

A) were the only black students in the city interested in attending the school

B) were chosen from a pool of 100 volunteers

C) had sued the school in a Supreme Court case

D) all lived in other states

A) 1st Amendment

B) 2nd Amendment

C) 13th Amendment

D) 14th Amendment

A) executive privilege

B) military intervention

C) separate but equal

D) states' rights

A) He closed Little Rock's public high schools for a year

B) He sent federal troops home

C) He placed Arkansas's National Guardsmen under federal control

D) He arranged for one of the black students at Central High School to be expelled

A) 3rd Amendment

B) 4th Amendment

C) 5th Amendment

D) 6th Amendment

A) Research and dig deeper into the descriptions of multiple search results before deciding if the information is credible

B) Check the source of where the information originated

C) Avoid sending fake news sites to your friends and family

D) Boycott Internet sources that supply fake news to their readers

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B) Facebook

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