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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many visas does Lalami say are issued to people from Muslim-majority countries on Trump's ban list?
(a) 70,000.
(b) 0.
(c) 275.
(d) 40.

2. Lalami cites a poll at the end of "Faith," in which how many people said they would not vote for a Muslim presidential candidate?
(a) 50%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 4%.
(d) 85%.

3. In "Border," Lalami writes that by 1953 the border zone was expanded from 25 miles to how may miles?
(a) 35.
(b) 50.
(c) 75.
(d) 100.

4. Where was Lalami and what was she doing when she was handed a flyer by the Muslim Public Affairs Council to vote for George W. Bush?
(a) She was in the midst of a Q&A at a reading of her latest novel.
(b) She was giving blood at a nearby mosque.
(c) She was at the university heading to work.
(d) She was at a cafe ordering a coffee.

5. What year did Arabs begin to petition for their own separate box on the U.S. census?
(a) 2019.
(b) 1890.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Allegiance," how many leads does Lalami say the NYPD Demographics Unit generated in six years?

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

3. What term did Peggy McIntosh term which refers to “a range of systemic unearned advantages that benefit white people” (98).

4. What group did ISIS founder Ahmed Fadhil al-Nazal al-Khalaylah join after dropping out of high school?

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

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