Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a nationally syndicated columnist and a member of the editorial board of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Read his column here

Ruben Navarrette says Sarah Palin's critics challenged her because of prejudices about small-town values.

SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- During the presidential election, some Democrats demanded to know how I could defend Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Simply put, Palin is my people. She's small-town folk who wound up in the big leagues.

Because I grew up in a small town with a population of less than 15,000 people, I was disgusted by the insults and condescension coming from those who think of themselves as the enlightened elite. Meanwhile, in small towns, I detected great affection for Palin. People talked about how she was "a real person" who "reflected their values."

The most significant divide in America isn't Red State vs. Blue State, it's rural vs. urban. The country mouse and the city mouse are still slugging it out.

In 1982, New York Mayor Ed Koch ran unsuccessfully for governor of New York. Some say the deciding factor was when Koch described life in upstate New York as "sterile" and said he dreaded living in the "small town" of Albany, if elected. That didn't play well in rural areas.

Now comes Colin Powell. During a recent appearance on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS," Powell attempted an autopsy on the Republican Party's failed presidential bid. He went after Palin, accusing her of pushing the party so far to the right that it went over a cliff.

1. Who is Ruben navarette?
2. for what publication?
3. How can he defend Palin?
4. How many people were in his home town?
5. Do small town folks like her?
6. what show did Colin Powell appear on?
7. Did he feel the GOP needed to go more conservative?
8. Is rural vs urban a big divide in the US?
9. do small town folk feel Palin represented their values?
10. does he posit that her values played a part in her treatment by critics?"
11. did he call them prejudiced?
12. Does his column have a large readership?
13. What was her previous role in government?
14. how does he feel about elites?
15. do they make him sick?
16. When did Ed Koch lose the Governor's race?
17. Did he say he wanted to move to Albany?
18. Was the city too big?
19. Did he say flattering things about the rural parts of the state?
20. How did he describe rural life?

Numbered answers:
1. columnist
2. San Diego Union-Tribune
3. small-town folk like him
4. less than 15,000
5. yes some
6. Fareed Zakaria GPS
7. no
8. yes
9. yes
10. yes
11. yes
12. yes
13. Alaska Gov.
14. condescending
15. yes disgusted
16. 1982
17. no he hated
18. no, not at all
19. no
20. sterile