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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many checkpoints like the one in Sierra Blanca does Lalami say are in the United States in the chapter "Borders"?
(a) 13.
(b) 52.
(c) 653.
(d) 136.

2. What border wall does Lalami describe seeing when she was on her way from L.A. to El Paso in the chapter "Borders"?
(a) Florida-Mexico.
(b) Texas-Mexico.
(c) California-Mexico.
(d) Canada-United States.

3. In what year was citizenship extended to Native Americans?
(a) 2014.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1724.

4. In what year does Laila Lalami say she became a U.S. citizen in "Allegiance"?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2016.
(c) 2020.
(d) 1994.

5. Lalami ends the chapter, "Allegiance," stating that "there is nothing more American" (28) than doing what?
(a) Wasting money.
(b) Learning from one's mistakes.
(c) Forgetting the past.
(d) Banning immigrants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did talk show host Bill Maher say on his show that resulted in advertisers pulling their ads?

2. What does Lalami say is the "absence of race" (94) in "Tribe"?

3. Who does Lalami say was most impacted by the opioid epidemic?

4. Why does Lalami suspect her daughter quickly gave up speaking Arabic when they returned to the United States?

5. At the end of "Allegiance," Lalami says that the place where she received her citizenship was used for what during World War II?

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