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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Tribe".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Lalami's mother-in-law living with her at the time of the twin tower attacks?
(a) Lalami needed help with their daughter.
(b) She was suffering dementia.
(c) She was in the middle of a divorce.
(d) She had just had knee surgery.

2. Why does Lalami suspect her daughter quickly gave up speaking Arabic when they returned to the United States?
(a) Because she had nobody to speak Arabic with.
(b) To feel a greater sense of belonging.
(c) Kids at school made fun of her.
(d) She quickly forgot the language.

3. What does Lalami say is the "absence of race" (94) in "Tribe"?
(a) Muslim.
(b) Asian.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

4. In 1992, Pat Buchanan ran for the Republican nomination saying he was focused on preserving what?
(a) Our Western heritage.
(b) American prosperity.
(c) Multiculturalism.
(d) American nationalism.

5. When Obama was running for president, Lalami says a women in a town hall told John McCain she could not trust Obama. What reason did she cite for this distrust?
(a) He was not a U.S. citizen.
(b) He was Arab.
(c) He was too young.
(d) He was Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Faith," what does Lalami say her daughter told her she wanted to be?

2. How old was Lalami's daughter when they moved to Casablanca where she could learn to speak Arab?

3. In what year was the first mosque built in America after Syrian and Lebanese homesteaders arrived in the country?

4. In "Borders," what does Lalami say people are not protected by at U.S. entry points?

5. Which Amendment, passed in 1868, gave Blacks citizenship status?

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