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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What border wall does Lalami say Nixon condemned during his presidency?
(a) The Melilla border wall in Morocco.
(b) The Berlin Wall in Germany.
(c) The Mexico-United States Border Wall.
(d) The Great Wall of China.

2. In "Assimilation," what example did Lalami's airplane seatmate give of Koreans in Gardena, California refusing to assimilate?
(a) Korean families send their kids to school to learn Korean.
(b) Koreans refuse to eat American cuisine.
(c) Koreans refuse to socialize with Americans.
(d) Koreans still dress like they do in Korea.

3. Which Amendment, passed in 1868, gave Blacks citizenship status?
(a) The 4th Amendment.
(b) The 5th Amendment.
(c) The 1st Amendment.
(d) The 14th Amendment.

4. What was Amado Martinez-Fuerte charged with?
(a) Drug trafficking.
(b) Illegally transporting aliens.
(c) Refusing to cooperate with border agents.
(d) Trying to submit a phony passport.

5. What does Lalami say happens after an ISIS attack?
(a) Hate crimes against Muslims increase.
(b) None of her friends will talk to her.
(c) People act nicer to Muslims for fear they will harm them.
(d) Muslims are fired from their jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which presidential candidate does Lalami say called Americans "foolish," "dumb," and "very, very stupid" (21)?

2. Who accompanied Lalami to her citizenship ceremony at the Pomona Fairplex in Los Angeles?

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

4. What is one reason Lalami is taken aback when the woman in the audience at her reading of her novel asked about ISIS?

5. In "Borders," what does Lalami say grew after Spain transitioned from a dictatorship to a democracy starting in 1975?

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