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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asked Lalaimi's husband how many camels he had to trade to make her his wife in "Allegiance"?
(a) A border agent at L.A. International Airport.
(b) A police officer in Texas.
(c) A police officer in California.
(d) A border agent at the Hong Kong International Airport.

2. 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 had just had knee surgery.
(c) She was in the middle of a divorce.
(d) She was suffering dementia.

3. 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.

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

5. What group did ISIS founder Ahmed Fadhil al-Nazal al-Khalaylah join after dropping out of high school?
(a) Al Quaeda.
(b) Taliban.
(c) Al Shabab.
(d) The Mujahideen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of "religious-bias crimes" (14) targeted Muslims in 2007?

2. Lalami ends the chapter, "Allegiance," stating that "there is nothing more American" (28) than doing what?

3. In what state does Lalami say George W. Bush received 45,000 Muslim votes?

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

5. What are some reasons Lalami cites for the Muslim religion being virtually erased after enslaved Muslims were brought to the U.S.?

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