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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state does Lalami say George W. Bush received 45,000 Muslim votes?
(a) Florida.
(b) Texas.
(c) Georgia.
(d) California.

2. Lalami states that Trump's Muslim ban was another another attempt to maintain what?
(a) World power.
(b) White male privilege.
(c) White demographic dominance.
(d) The English language.

3. Why did the U.S. repatriate 2 million Mexicans in the 1930s?
(a) They were being blamed for the economic downturn.
(b) There was a global pandemic.
(c) They wanted to go home.
(d) Mexico demanded they be sent back.

4. What is Lalami doing at the start of "Faith" when a woman in the audience asked about her upbringing in Morocco?
(a) Giving a reading from her latest novel.
(b) Being interviewed for a talk show.
(c) Leading a discussion panel about Moroccan politics.
(d) Teaching a class.

5. At the start of "Borders," Lalami describes being stopped at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint in what state?
(a) Washington.
(b) Florida.
(c) Texas.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country was Laila Lalami born?

2. Whom did the 1924 Johnson Reed Act ban from immigrating to the United States?

3. Rather than trying to assimilate to indigenous tribes, what did Europeans and early American settlers do to the natives?

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

5. Under which administration was Operation Hold the Line, which allowed for increased Border Patrol presence?

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