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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a woman in the audience asks Lalami about her upbringing in Morocco, what topic did the conversation shift to?
(a) ISIS.
(b) Moroccan feminist scholars.
(c) Moroccan politics.
(d) Moroccan cuisine.

2. Under which presidential administration was the war in Iraq launched?
(a) Bush.
(b) Reagan.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Clinton.

3. What famous American was one of the most vocal in questioning Obama's citizenship?
(a) Donald Trump.
(b) Kanye West.
(c) John McCain.
(d) Arnold Schwarzenegger.

4. At the end of "Faith," what does Lalami say her daughter told her she wanted to be?
(a) A social justice activist.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A linguist.
(d) President.

5. What is one thing George W. Bush did, which Lalami suggests made Muslims feel "seen and heard for the first time" (8) in "Allegiance"?
(a) He nominated a Muslim Vice President.
(b) He brought to light the media's negative portrayal of Muslims.
(c) He invited Talat Othman to deliver Muslim prayer at the Republican National Convention.
(d) He nominated the first Muslim Supreme Court justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shot nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church according to Lalami in "Faith"?

2. In "Allegiance," what does Lalami say contradicted Bush's claim that the Islam faith is not "the face of terror"(14)?

3. What did Lalaimi come to the United States to study?

4. Who asked Lalaimi's husband how many camels he had to trade to make her his wife in "Allegiance"?

5. Why does Lalami say Trump's ban of North Koreans entering the country was a deceitful move?

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